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

#48,199
“amargados” frequency rank
#15,277
“apartados” frequency rank
63476
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amargados apartados
Definition Forma del plural de amargado, participio de amargar. Forma del plural de apartado.

Where the eye mixes amargados and apartados

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

9 ch
amargados
9 ch
apartados

Why the eye confuses amargados with apartados

A purely visual mix-up. amargados ([amaɾˈɣ̞að̞os]) and apartados ([apaɾˈt̪að̞os]) 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 63476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amargados is recorded at frequency rank #48,199, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [amaɾˈɣ̞að̞os]. apartados is at rank #15,277, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apaɾˈt̪að̞os].

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 63476, this pair ranks #48,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amargados vs apartados

Shared letters: adors. Private to "amargados": gm. Private to "apartados": pt.

"amargados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "apartados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amargadosaamrgados · amagrados · amaragdos · amargaddos · amargadoss · amargadso · amargaods · amargdaos
  • apartadosaaprtados · aparatdos · aparrtados · apartaddos · apartadoss · apartadso · apartaods · apartdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amargados" and "apartados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([amaɾˈɣ̞að̞os] versus [apaɾˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "amargados" vs "apartados" - which ranks higher?
"apartados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,277 in our Spanish list, against #48,199 for "amargados". 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 "amargados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apartados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amargados" and "apartados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alargadas vs amargados". 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 #48,633 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