visitadavsvisitasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: visitada is a participle, visitas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visitada” is a participle and “visitas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,371
“visitada” frequency rank
#2,853
“visitas” frequency rank
36224
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visitada visitas
Definition Forma del femenino de visitado, participio de visitar. Forma del plural de visita.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visitada and visitas apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
visitada
7 ch
visitas

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visitada is [bisiˈt̪að̞a] while visitas is [biˈsit̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visitada is recorded at frequency rank #33,371, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bisiˈt̪að̞a]. visitas is at rank #2,853, tagged as anoun, pronounced [biˈsit̪as].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 36224, this pair ranks #181,766 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visitada vs visitas

Shared letters: aistv. Private to "visitada": d. Private to "visitas": -.

"visitada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "visitas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitadabisitada · ivsitada · vicitada · viistada · visiatda · visitaad · visitadda · visitdaa
  • visitasbisitas · ivsitas · vicitas · viistas · visiats · visitass · visitsa · visittas

Frequency comparison

visitada#33,371
visitas#2,853

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visitada" and "visitas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visitada" is a participle and "visitas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visitada" or "visitas"?
"visitas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,853 in our Spanish list, against #33,371 for "visitada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering visitada vs visitas

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a participle, it's “visitada”; for a noun, it's “visitas”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “visitada” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list