Which to use
“alegado” is a verb and “allegados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,937
- “alegado” frequency rank
- #18,734
- “allegados” frequency rank
- 56671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alegado | allegados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de alegar. | Forma del plural de allegado, participio de allegar o de allegarse. |
Where the eye mixes alegado and allegados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alegado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against allegados's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alegado vs allegados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alegado is [aleˈɣ̞að̞o] while allegados is [aʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56671, 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]. allegados is at rank #18,734, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aʝeˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 56671, this pair ranks #73,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alegado vs allegados
Shared letters: adeglo. Private to "alegado": -. Private to "allegados": s.
"alegado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "allegados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alegado" for "allegados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "alegado" or "allegados"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "alegado" and "allegados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alegado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "allegados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alegado" and "allegados" 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 #73,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.