Which to use
“afilados” is an adjective and “avisados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,409
- “afilados” frequency rank
- #44,570
- “avisados” frequency rank
- 81979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afilados | avisados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de afilado. | Forma del plural de avisado, participio de avisar. |
Where the eye mixes afilados and avisados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between afilados and avisados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: afilados is [afiˈlað̞os] while avisados is [aβ̞iˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afilados is recorded at frequency rank #37,409, classified as anadj, pronounced [afiˈlað̞os]. avisados is at rank #44,570, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aβ̞iˈsað̞os].
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 81979, this pair ranks #9,740 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of afilados vs avisados
Shared letters: adios. Private to "afilados": fl. Private to "avisados": v.
"afilados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "avisados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afilados" and "avisados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "afilados" or "avisados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "afilados" and "avisados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "afilados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avisados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,740 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afilados" and "avisados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avisados vs avisamos". 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 #9,740 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.