Which to use
“activados” is a participle and “activos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,909
- “activados” frequency rank
- #2,857
- “activos” frequency rank
- 36766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | activados | activos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de activado, participio de activar. | Forma del plural de activo. |
Where the eye mixes activados and activos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. activados runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against activos's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: activados vs activos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: activados is [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞os] while activos is [akˈt̪iβ̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 36766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
activados is recorded at frequency rank #33,909, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [akt̪iˈβ̞að̞os]. activos is at rank #2,857, tagged as anoun, pronounced [akˈt̪iβ̞os].
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 36766, this pair ranks #178,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of activados vs activos
Shared letters: aciostv. Private to "activados": d. Private to "activos": -.
"activados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "activos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "activados" and "activos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "activados" vs "activos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "activados" and "activos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "activados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "activos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "activados" and "activos" 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 #178,908 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.