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

#27,847
“alquilado” frequency rank
#33,924
“alquilo” frequency rank
61771
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alquilado alquilo
Definition Participio de alquilar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de alquilar.

Where the eye mixes alquilado and alquilo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alquilado runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVCV) against alquilo's 7 (VCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
alquilado
7 ch
alquilo

Visual trap between alquilado and alquilo

A purely visual mix-up. alquilado ([alkiˈlað̞o]) and alquilo ([alˈkilo]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alquilado is recorded at frequency rank #27,847, classified as averb, pronounced [alkiˈlað̞o]. alquilo is at rank #33,924, tagged as averb, pronounced [alˈkilo].

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 61771, this pair ranks #54,300 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alquilado vs alquilo

Shared letters: ailoqu. Private to "alquilado": d. Private to "alquilo": -.

"alquilado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV  ·  "alquilo" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alquiladoallquilado · alqiulado · alqquilado · alquialdo · alquiladdo · alquilaod · alquildao · alquillado
  • alquiloallquilo · alqiulo · alqquilo · alquillo · alquiol · alqulio · aluqilo · aqluilo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alquilado" for "alquilo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([alkiˈlað̞o] versus [alˈkilo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alquilado" or "alquilo" show up more?
"alquilado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,847 in our Spanish list, against #33,924 for "alquilo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "alquilado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alquilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,300 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alquilado" and "alquilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alquilo vs aquila". 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 #54,300 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