Which to use
“arraigado” is an adjective and “arraigados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,380
- “arraigado” frequency rank
- #39,579
- “arraigados” frequency rank
- 63959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arraigado | arraigados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poseedor de bienes raíces. | Forma del plural de arraigado, participio de arraigar o de arraigarse. |
Where the eye mixes arraigado and arraigados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. arraigado runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVCV) against arraigados's 10 (VCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: arraigado vs arraigados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arraigado is [arajˈɣ̞að̞o] while arraigados is [arajˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “arraigado” sits inside “arraigados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arraigado is recorded at frequency rank #24,380, classified as anadj, pronounced [arajˈɣ̞að̞o]. arraigados is at rank #39,579, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [arajˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 63959, this pair ranks #47,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arraigado vs arraigados
Shared letters: adgior. Private to "arraigado": -. Private to "arraigados": s.
"arraigado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCV · "arraigados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- arraigado ← araigado · ararigado · arragiado · arraiagdo · arraigaddo · arraigaod · arraigdao · arraiggado
- arraigados ← araigados · ararigados · arragiados · arraiagdos · arraigaddos · arraigadoss · arraigadso · arraigaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arraigado" for "arraigados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arraigado" vs "arraigados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "arraigado" and "arraigados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arraigado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arraigados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arraigado" and "arraigados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arraigados vs arruinados". 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 #47,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.