Which to use
“adaptado” is a verb and “adaptados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,701
- “adaptado” frequency rank
- #21,547
- “adaptados” frequency rank
- 33248
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptado | adaptados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de adaptar. | Forma del masculino plural de adaptado, participio de adaptar. |
Where the eye mixes adaptado and adaptados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. adaptado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against adaptados's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adaptado vs adaptados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adaptado is [að̞apˈt̪að̞o] while adaptados is [að̞apˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “adaptado” sits inside “adaptados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adaptado is recorded at frequency rank #11,701, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞apˈt̪að̞o]. adaptados is at rank #21,547, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞apˈt̪að̞os].
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 33248, this pair ranks #197,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adaptado vs adaptados
Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adaptado": -. Private to "adaptados": s.
"adaptado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "adaptados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adaptado" for "adaptados" ever safe?
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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 "adaptado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adaptados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #197,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptado" and "adaptados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adaptados vs adaptándose". 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 #197,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.