adoptadovsadoptamosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: adoptado is a adjective, adoptamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“adoptado” is an adjective and “adoptamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,859
“adoptado” frequency rank
#44,532
“adoptamos” frequency rank
51391
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adoptado adoptamos
Definition adoptado ¦ plural: adoptados ¦ femenino: adoptada ¦ femenino plural: adoptadas Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de adoptar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set adoptado and adoptamos apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
adoptado
9 ch
adoptamos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adoptado is [að̞opˈt̪að̞o] while adoptamos is [að̞opˈt̪amos]. 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 51391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adoptado is recorded at frequency rank #6,859, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞opˈt̪að̞o]. adoptamos is at rank #44,532, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞opˈt̪amos].

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 51391, this pair ranks #98,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adoptado vs adoptamos

Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adoptado": -. Private to "adoptamos": ms.

"adoptado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "adoptamos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adoptadoaddoptado · adopatdo · adopptado · adoptaddo · adoptaod · adoptdao · adopttado · adotpado
  • adoptamosaddoptamos · adopatmos · adopptamos · adoptammos · adoptamoss · adoptamso · adoptaoms · adoptmaos

Frequency comparison

adoptado#6,859
adoptamos#44,532

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adoptado" and "adoptamos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adoptado" is an adjective and "adoptamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "adoptado" or "adoptamos"?
"adoptado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,859 in our Spanish list, against #44,532 for "adoptamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering adoptado vs adoptamos

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “adoptado”; for a verb, it's “adoptamos”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “adoptado” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list