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

#7,954
“aplicado” frequency rank
#32,076
“aplicamos” frequency rank
40030
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aplicado aplicamos
Definition Participio de aplicar o de aplicarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de aplicar o de aplicarse.

Where the eye mixes aplicado and aplicamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. aplicado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against aplicamos's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
aplicado
9 ch
aplicamos

Why the eye confuses aplicado with aplicamos

A purely visual mix-up. aplicado ([apliˈkað̞o]) and aplicamos ([apliˈkamos]) 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 40030, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aplicado is recorded at frequency rank #7,954, classified as averb, pronounced [apliˈkað̞o]. aplicamos is at rank #32,076, tagged as averb, pronounced [apliˈkamos].

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 40030, this pair ranks #161,308 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aplicado vs aplicamos

Shared letters: acilop. Private to "aplicado": d. Private to "aplicamos": ms.

"aplicado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "aplicamos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aplicado ← alpicado · apilcado · aplciado · apliacdo · aplicaddo · aplicaod · apliccado · aplicdao
  • aplicamos ← alpicamos · apilcamos · aplciamos · apliacmos · aplicammos · aplicamoss · aplicamso · aplicaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aplicado" and "aplicamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([apliˈkað̞o] versus [apliˈkamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aplicado" or "aplicamos" show up more?
"aplicado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,954 in our Spanish list, against #32,076 for "aplicamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "aplicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aplicamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #161,308 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aplicado" and "aplicamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ampliamos vs aplicamos". 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 #161,308 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