Which to use
“ahogado” and “ahogados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,748
- “ahogado” frequency rank
- #34,870
- “ahogados” frequency rank
- 51618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ahogado | ahogados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que se ahoga (tiene dificultad para respirar) o sufre ahogo (aflicción). | Forma del plural de ahogado¹. |
Where the eye mixes ahogado and ahogados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ahogado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against ahogados's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ahogado vs ahogados
A purely visual mix-up. ahogado ([aoˈɣ̞að̞o]) and ahogados ([aoˈɣ̞að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ahogado” sits inside “ahogados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ahogado is recorded at frequency rank #16,748, classified as anadj, pronounced [aoˈɣ̞að̞o]. ahogados is at rank #34,870, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aoˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 51618, this pair ranks #97,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ahogado vs ahogados
Shared letters: adgho. Private to "ahogado": -. Private to "ahogados": s.
"ahogado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "ahogados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ahogado" and "ahogados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ahogado" vs "ahogados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ahogado" and "ahogados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ahogado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ahogados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ahogado" and "ahogados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acosados vs ahogados". 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 #97,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.