Which to use
“apegado” and “apelado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,051
- “apegado” frequency rank
- #43,978
- “apelado” frequency rank
- 83029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apegado | apelado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de apegar o de apegarse. | Participio de apelar. |
Where the eye mixes apegado and apelado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. apegado and apelado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between apegado and apelado
A purely visual mix-up. apegado ([apeˈɣ̞að̞o]) and apelado ([apeˈlað̞o]) 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 a single letter - g in “apegado” becomes l in “apelado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apegado is recorded at frequency rank #39,051, classified as averb, pronounced [apeˈɣ̞að̞o]. apelado is at rank #43,978, tagged as averb, pronounced [apeˈlað̞o].
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 83029, this pair ranks #8,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apegado vs apelado
Shared letters: adeop. Private to "apegado": g. Private to "apelado": l.
"apegado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "apelado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apegado" and "apelado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "apegado" or "apelado"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "apegado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apelado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apegado" and "apelado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apelado vs apenado". 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 #8,579 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.