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

#40,642
“anulados” frequency rank
#48,811
“apurados” frequency rank
89453
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anulados apurados
Definition Forma del plural de anulado, participio de anular o de anularse. Forma del plural de apurado, participio de apurar o de apurarse.

Where the eye mixes anulados and apurados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. anulados and apurados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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anulados
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apurados

Look-alike desk: anulados vs apurados

A purely visual mix-up. anulados ([anuˈlað̞os]) and apurados ([apuˈɾað̞os]) 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 89453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anulados is recorded at frequency rank #40,642, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [anuˈlað̞os]. apurados is at rank #48,811, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [apuˈɾað̞os].

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 89453, this pair ranks #3,122 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of anulados vs apurados

Shared letters: adosu. Private to "anulados": ln. Private to "apurados": pr.

"anulados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "apurados" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anuladosanluados · annulados · anualdos · anuladdos · anuladoss · anuladso · anulaods · anuldaos
  • apuradosappurados · apruados · apuardos · apuraddos · apuradoss · apuradso · apuraods · apurdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "anulados" and "apurados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([anuˈlað̞os] versus [apuˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "anulados" vs "apurados" - which ranks higher?
"anulados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,642 in our Spanish list, against #48,811 for "apurados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anulados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apurados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,122 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anulados" and "apurados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abusados vs apurados". 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 #3,122 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