Which to use
“alejados” and “allegados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,749
- “alejados” frequency rank
- #18,734
- “allegados” frequency rank
- 31483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alejados | allegados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de alejado. | Forma del plural de allegado, participio de allegar o de allegarse. |
Where the eye mixes alejados and allegados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alejados runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against allegados's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between alejados and allegados
A purely visual mix-up. alejados ([aleˈxað̞os]) and allegados ([aʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 31483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alejados is recorded at frequency rank #12,749, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aleˈxað̞os]. 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 31483, this pair ranks #206,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alejados vs allegados
Shared letters: adelos. Private to "alejados": j. Private to "allegados": g.
"alejados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "allegados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alejados" and "allegados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alejados" or "allegados" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alejados" 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 #206,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alejados" and "allegados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alejados vs alzados". 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 #206,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.