Which to use
“afiliado” is a verb and “afiliados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,386
- “afiliado” frequency rank
- #7,507
- “afiliados” frequency rank
- 20893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afiliado | afiliados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de afiliar o de afiliarse. | Forma del plural de afiliado, participio de afiliar o de afiliarse. |
Where the eye mixes afiliado and afiliados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. afiliado runs 8 letters (VCVCVVCV) 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 afiliado with afiliados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: afiliado is [afiˈljað̞o] while afiliados is [afiˈljað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “afiliado” sits inside “afiliados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afiliado is recorded at frequency rank #13,386, classified as averb, pronounced [afiˈljað̞o]. 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 20893, this pair ranks #257,304 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of afiliado vs afiliados
Shared letters: adfilo. Private to "afiliado": -. Private to "afiliados": s.
"afiliado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV · "afiliados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afiliado" and "afiliados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "afiliado" vs "afiliados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "afiliado" 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 #257,304 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afiliado" and "afiliados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afiliado vs afincado". 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 #257,304 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.