Which to use
“afilado” is an adjective and “afiliados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,315
- “afilado” frequency rank
- #7,507
- “afiliados” frequency rank
- 37822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afilado | afiliados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que cuenta con filo o borde cortante. | Forma del plural de afiliado, participio de afiliar o de afiliarse. |
Where the eye mixes afilado and afiliados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. afilado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against afiliados's 9 (VCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses afilado with afiliados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: afilado is [afiˈlað̞o] while afiliados is [afiˈljað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afilado is recorded at frequency rank #30,315, classified as anadj, pronounced [afiˈlað̞o]. afiliados is at rank #7,507, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [afiˈljað̞os].
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 37822, this pair ranks #173,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of afilado vs afiliados
Shared letters: adfilo. Private to "afilado": -. Private to "afiliados": s.
"afilado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "afiliados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "afilado" for "afiliados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "afilado" vs "afiliados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "afilado" and "afiliados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "afilado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afiliados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afilado" and "afiliados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afilado vs afilar". 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 #173,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.