Which to use
“alimentado” is a verb and “alimentados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,330
- “alimentado” frequency rank
- #26,301
- “alimentados” frequency rank
- 43631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimentado | alimentados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de alimentar. | Forma del plural de alimentado, participio de alimentar. |
Where the eye mixes alimentado and alimentados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. alimentado runs 10 letters (VCVCVCCVCV) against alimentados's 11 (VCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alimentado vs alimentados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alimentado is [alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o] while alimentados is [alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “alimentado” sits inside “alimentados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimentado is recorded at frequency rank #17,330, classified as averb, pronounced [alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. alimentados is at rank #26,301, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [alimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os].
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 43631, this pair ranks #141,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alimentado vs alimentados
Shared letters: adeilmnot. Private to "alimentado": -. Private to "alimentados": s.
"alimentado" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCV · "alimentados" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alimentado ← ailmentado · aliemntado · alimenatdo · alimenntado · alimentaddo · alimentaod · alimentdao · alimenttado
- alimentados ← ailmentados · aliemntados · alimenatdos · alimenntados · alimentaddos · alimentadoss · alimentadso · alimentaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alimentado" for "alimentados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alimentado" or "alimentados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alimentados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimentado" and "alimentados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alimentados vs alimentándose". 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 #141,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.