aprovechadosvsaprovechamosConfusable pair

Quick tell: aprovechados is a participle, aprovechamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aprovechados” is a participle and “aprovechamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,872
“aprovechados” frequency rank
#33,940
“aprovechamos” frequency rank
69812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aprovechados aprovechamos
Definition Forma del plural de aprovechado, participio de aprovechar o de aprovecharse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de aprovechar o de aprovecharse.

Where the eye mixes aprovechados and aprovechamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. aprovechados and aprovechamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
aprovechados
12 ch
aprovechamos

Why the eye confuses aprovechados with aprovechamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aprovechados is [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃað̞os] while aprovechamos is [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “aprovechados” becomes m in “aprovechamos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aprovechados is recorded at frequency rank #35,872, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃað̞os]. aprovechamos is at rank #33,940, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃamos].

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 69812, this pair ranks #31,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aprovechados vs aprovechamos

Shared letters: acehoprsv. Private to "aprovechados": d. Private to "aprovechamos": m.

"aprovechados" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCVC  ·  "aprovechamos" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aprovechados ← aporvechados · approvechados · aprobechados · aproevchados · aprovcehados · aprovecahdos · aprovecchados · aprovechaddos
  • aprovechamos ← aporvechamos · approvechamos · aprobechamos · aproevchamos · aprovcehamos · aprovecahmos · aprovecchamos · aprovechammos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aprovechados" and "aprovechamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aprovechados" is a participle and "aprovechamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aprovechados" vs "aprovechamos" - which ranks higher?
"aprovechamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,940 in our Spanish list, against #35,872 for "aprovechados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "aprovechados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprovechamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aprovechados" and "aprovechamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprovechados vs aprovechemos". 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 #31,150 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