Which to use
“apartados” and “aplastados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,277
- “apartados” frequency rank
- #40,127
- “aplastados” frequency rank
- 55404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apartados | aplastados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de apartado. | Forma del plural de aplastado, participio de aplastar. |
Where the eye mixes apartados and aplastados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. apartados runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVC) against aplastados's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: apartados vs aplastados
A purely visual mix-up. apartados ([apaɾˈt̪að̞os]) and aplastados ([aplasˈt̪að̞os]) 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 55404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apartados is recorded at frequency rank #15,277, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apaɾˈt̪að̞os]. aplastados is at rank #40,127, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aplasˈt̪að̞os].
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 55404, this pair ranks #79,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apartados vs aplastados
Shared letters: adopst. Private to "apartados": r. Private to "aplastados": l.
"apartados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "aplastados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apartados ← aaprtados · aparatdos · aparrtados · apartaddos · apartadoss · apartadso · apartaods · apartdaos
- aplastados ← alpastados · apalstados · aplasatdos · aplasstados · aplastaddos · aplastadoss · aplastadso · aplastaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apartados" and "aplastados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apartados" vs "aplastados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "apartados" and "aplastados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "apartados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aplastados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apartados" and "aplastados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aplastados vs aplastando". 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 #79,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.