Which to use
“activado” is a verb and “activados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,497
- “activado” frequency rank
- #33,909
- “activados” frequency rank
- 48406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activado | activados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de activar. | Forma del plural de activado, participio de activar. |
Where the eye mixes activado and activados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. activado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against activados's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses activado with activados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: activado is [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞o] while activados is [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “activado” sits inside “activados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
activado is recorded at frequency rank #14,497, classified as averb, pronounced [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞o]. activados is at rank #33,909, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞os].
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 48406, this pair ranks #114,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of activado vs activados
Shared letters: acdiotv. Private to "activado": -. Private to "activados": s.
"activado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "activados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "activado" for "activados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "activado" vs "activados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "activado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "activados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activado" and "activados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "activados vs activaron". 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 #114,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.