alegradovsalegroWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: alegrado is a verb, alegro is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“alegrado” is a verb and “alegro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,038
“alegrado” frequency rank
#4,851
“alegro” frequency rank
43889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alegrado alegro
Definition Participio de alegrar. Palabra italiana que se usa para designar cierto grado de viveza en el movimiento de los trozos, haciendo abstracción de su carácter alegre o triste.

Where the eye mixes alegrado and alegro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alegrado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against alegro's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
alegrado
6 ch
alegro

Look-alike desk: alegrado vs alegro

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alegrado is [aleˈɣ̞ɾað̞o] while alegro is [aˈleɣ̞ɾo]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alegrado is recorded at frequency rank #39,038, classified as averb, pronounced [aleˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]. alegro is at rank #4,851, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈleɣ̞ɾo].

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 43889, this pair ranks #140,112 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alegrado vs alegro

Shared letters: aeglor. Private to "alegrado": d. Private to "alegro": -.

"alegrado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "alegro" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alegrado ← aelgrado · alegardo · aleggrado · alegraddo · alegraod · alegrdao · alegrrado · alergado
  • alegro ← aelgro · aleggro · alegor · alegrro · alergo · algero · allegro · laegro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alegrado" and "alegro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alegrado" is a verb and "alegro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "alegrado" vs "alegro" - which ranks higher?
"alegro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,851 in our Spanish list, against #39,038 for "alegrado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "alegrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alegro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,112 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alegrado" and "alegro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alegrado vs alegraron". 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 #140,112 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