Which to use
“adelantado” is an adjective and “adelantar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,946
- “adelantado” frequency rank
- #12,961
- “adelantar” frequency rank
- 20907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adelantado | adelantar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Atrevido, que no guarda respeto ni atención. | Pasar delante de otro. Realizar una acción antes que otro. |
Where the eye mixes adelantado and adelantar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between adelantado and adelantar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adelantado is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪að̞o] while adelantar is [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20907, 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]. adelantar is at rank #12,961, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞elãn̪ˈt̪aɾ].
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 20907, this pair ranks #257,247 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adelantado vs adelantar
Shared letters: adelnt. Private to "adelantado": o. Private to "adelantar": r.
"adelantado" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCV · "adelantar" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adelantado ← addelantado · adealntado · adelanatdo · adelanntado · adelantaddo · adelantaod · adelantdao · adelanttado
- adelantar ← addelantar · adealntar · adelanatr · adelanntar · adelantarr · adelantra · adelanttar · adelatnar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adelantado" for "adelantar" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adelantado" and "adelantar" 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 "adelantar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,247 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adelantado" and "adelantar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adelantadas vs adelantado". 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 #257,247 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.