Which to use
“abrazados” is a participle and “atrasados” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,548
- “abrazados” frequency rank
- #21,566
- “atrasados” frequency rank
- 61114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrazados | atrasados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de abrazado, participio de abrazar o de abrazarse. | Las rentas que dejaron de pagarse al tiempo señalado. |
Where the eye mixes abrazados and atrasados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. abrazados and atrasados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between abrazados and atrasados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abrazados is [aβ̞ɾaˈsað̞os] while atrasados is [at̪ɾaˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrazados is recorded at frequency rank #39,548, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aβ̞ɾaˈsað̞os]. atrasados is at rank #21,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced [at̪ɾaˈsað̞os].
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 61114, this pair ranks #56,590 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of abrazados vs atrasados
Shared letters: adors. Private to "abrazados": bz. Private to "atrasados": t.
"abrazados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "atrasados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abrazados" and "atrasados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "abrazados" or "atrasados"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "abrazados" and "atrasados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrazados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atrasados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,590 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abrazados" and "atrasados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrazados vs abrazaron". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #56,590 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.