alojadovsarrojadoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#22,569
“alojado” frequency rank
#19,313
“arrojado” frequency rank
41882
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alojado arrojado
Definition Participio de alojar o de alojarse. Participio de arrojar.

Where the eye mixes alojado and arrojado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alojado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against arrojado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
alojado
8 ch
arrojado

Visual trap between alojado and arrojado

A purely visual mix-up. alojado ([aloˈxað̞o]) and arrojado ([aroˈxað̞o]) 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 41882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alojado is recorded at frequency rank #22,569, classified as averb, pronounced [aloˈxað̞o]. arrojado is at rank #19,313, tagged as averb, pronounced [aroˈxað̞o].

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 41882, this pair ranks #151,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alojado vs arrojado

Shared letters: adjo. Private to "alojado": l. Private to "arrojado": r.

"alojado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "arrojado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alojado ← aljoado · allojado · aloajdo · alojaddo · alojaod · alojdao · alojjado · aoljado
  • arrojado ← arojado · arorjado · arrjoado · arroajdo · arrojaddo · arrojaod · arrojdao · arrojjado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alojado" for "arrojado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aloˈxað̞o] versus [aroˈxað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "alojado" vs "arrojado" - which ranks higher?
"arrojado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,313 in our Spanish list, against #22,569 for "alojado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "alojado" and "arrojado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alojado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arrojado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #151,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alojado" and "arrojado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alojaba vs alojado". 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 #151,270 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