Which to use
“adelantado” is an adjective and “adelantados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,946
- “adelantado” frequency rank
- #34,862
- “adelantados” frequency rank
- 42808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelantado | adelantados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Atrevido, que no guarda respeto ni atención. | Forma del plural de adelantado, participio de adelantar o de adelantarse. |
Where the eye mixes adelantado and adelantados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses adelantado with adelantados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adelantado is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o] while adelantados is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “adelantado” sits inside “adelantados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adelantado is recorded at frequency rank #7,946, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. adelantados is at rank #34,862, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞os].
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 42808, this pair ranks #146,181 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adelantado vs adelantados
Shared letters: adelnot. Private to "adelantado": -. Private to "adelantados": s.
"adelantado" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCV · "adelantados" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adelantado ← addelantado · adealntado · adelanatdo · adelanntado · adelantaddo · adelantaod · adelantdao · adelanttado
- adelantados ← addelantados · adealntados · adelanatdos · adelanntados · adelantaddos · adelantadoss · adelantadso · adelantaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adelantado" and "adelantados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "adelantado" or "adelantados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adelantado" and "adelantados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adelantados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,181 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelantado" and "adelantados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adelantadas vs adelantados". 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 #146,181 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.