Which to use
“allegados” and “alterados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,734
- “allegados” frequency rank
- #29,023
- “alterados” frequency rank
- 47757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | allegados | alterados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de allegado, participio de allegar o de allegarse. | Forma del plural de alterado, participio de alterar. |
Where the eye mixes allegados and alterados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. allegados and alterados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: allegados vs alterados
A purely visual mix-up. allegados ([aʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]) and alterados ([al̪t̪eˈɾað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
allegados is recorded at frequency rank #18,734, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aʝeˈɣ̞að̞os]. alterados is at rank #29,023, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [al̪t̪eˈɾað̞os].
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 47757, this pair ranks #118,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of allegados vs alterados
Shared letters: adelos. Private to "allegados": g. Private to "alterados": rt.
"allegados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "alterados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "allegados" and "alterados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "allegados" vs "alterados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "allegados" and "alterados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "allegados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alterados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "allegados" and "alterados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alterados vs aterrados". 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 #118,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.