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

#12,749
“alejados” frequency rank
#27,846
“alojados” frequency rank
40595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alejados alojados
Definition Forma del plural de alejado. Forma del plural de alojado, participio de alojar o de alojarse.

Where the eye mixes alejados and alojados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alejados and alojados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Look-alike desk: alejados vs alojados

A purely visual mix-up. alejados ([aleˈxað̞os]) and alojados ([aloˈxað̞os]) 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 a single letter - e in “alejados” becomes o in “alojados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40595, 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]. alojados is at rank #27,846, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aloˈxað̞os].

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 40595, this pair ranks #158,235 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alejados vs alojados

Shared letters: adjlos. Private to "alejados": e. Private to "alojados": -.

"alejados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "alojados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alejados ← aeljados · aleajdos · alejaddos · alejadoss · alejadso · alejaods · alejdaos · alejjados
  • alojados ← aljoados · allojados · aloajdos · alojaddos · alojadoss · alojadso · alojaods · alojdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alejados" and "alojados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aleˈxað̞os] versus [aloˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alejados" or "alojados" show up more?
"alejados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,749 in our Spanish list, against #27,846 for "alojados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alejados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alojados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,235 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alejados" and "alojados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alojados 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 #158,235 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