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“afiliado” and “ampliado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,386
“afiliado” frequency rank
#14,757
“ampliado” frequency rank
28143
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature afiliado ampliado
Definition Participio de afiliar o de afiliarse. Participio de ampliar.

Where the eye mixes afiliado and ampliado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. afiliado (VCVCVVCV) and ampliado (VCCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
afiliado
8 ch
ampliado

Why the eye confuses afiliado with ampliado

A purely visual mix-up. afiliado ([afiˈljað̞o]) and ampliado ([ãmˈpljað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28143, 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]. ampliado is at rank #14,757, tagged as averb, pronounced [ãmˈpljað̞o].

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 28143, this pair ranks #223,409 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of afiliado vs ampliado

Shared letters: adilo. Private to "afiliado": f. Private to "ampliado": mp.

"afiliado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV  ·  "ampliado" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • afiliado ← affiliado · afiilado · afilaido · afiliaddo · afiliaod · afilidao · afilliado · afliiado
  • ampliado ← amlpiado · ammpliado · ampilado · amplaido · ampliaddo · ampliaod · amplidao · amplliado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "afiliado" and "ampliado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([afiˈljað̞o] versus [ãmˈpljað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "afiliado" vs "ampliado" - which ranks higher?
"afiliado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,386 in our Spanish list, against #14,757 for "ampliado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "afiliado" and "ampliado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "afiliado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ampliado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,409 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "afiliado" and "ampliado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ampliado vs ampliaron". 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 #223,409 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list