Which to use
“adherido” is a verb and “adheridos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,049
- “adherido” frequency rank
- #41,716
- “adheridos” frequency rank
- 73765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adherido | adheridos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de adherir o de adherirse. | Forma del plural de adherido, participio de adherir o de adherirse. |
Where the eye mixes adherido and adheridos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. adherido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against adheridos's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adherido vs adheridos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adherido is [að̞eˈɾið̞o] while adheridos is [að̞eˈɾið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “adherido” sits inside “adheridos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adherido is recorded at frequency rank #32,049, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞eˈɾið̞o]. adheridos is at rank #41,716, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞eˈɾið̞os].
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 73765, this pair ranks #22,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adherido vs adheridos
Shared letters: adehior. Private to "adherido": -. Private to "adheridos": s.
"adherido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "adheridos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adherido" for "adheridos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adherido" vs "adheridos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "adherido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adheridos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adherido" and "adheridos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adheridos vs advertidos". 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 #22,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.