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

#37,937
“alegado” frequency rank
#32,952
“alentado” frequency rank
70889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alegado alentado
Definition Participio de alegar. Participio de alentar.

Where the eye mixes alegado and alentado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
alegado
8 ch
alentado

Why the eye confuses alegado with alentado

A purely visual mix-up. alegado ([aleˈɣ̞að̞o]) and alentado ([alẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alegado is recorded at frequency rank #37,937, classified as averb, pronounced [aleˈɣ̞að̞o]. alentado is at rank #32,952, tagged as averb, pronounced [alẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o].

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 70889, this pair ranks #28,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alegado vs alentado

Shared letters: adelo. Private to "alegado": g. Private to "alentado": nt.

"alegado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "alentado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alegadoaelgado · aleagdo · alegaddo · alegaod · alegdao · aleggado · algeado · allegado
  • alentadoaelntado · alenatdo · alenntado · alentaddo · alentaod · alentdao · alenttado · aletnado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alegado" and "alentado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aleˈɣ̞að̞o] versus [alẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "alegado" vs "alentado" - which ranks higher?
"alentado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,952 in our Spanish list, against #37,937 for "alegado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alegado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alentado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alegado" and "alentado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alegado vs apenado". 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 #28,692 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