aseguradovsaseguradosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,664
“asegurado” frequency rank
#23,674
“asegurados” frequency rank
31338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature asegurado asegurados
Definition Participio de asegurar o de asegurarse. Forma del plural de asegurado, participio de asegurar.

Where the eye mixes asegurado and asegurados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. asegurado runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against asegurados's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
asegurado
10 ch
asegurados

Why the eye confuses asegurado with asegurados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: asegurado is [aseɣ̞uˈɾað̞o] while asegurados is [aseɣ̞uˈɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “asegurado” sits inside “asegurados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asegurado is recorded at frequency rank #7,664, classified as averb, pronounced [aseɣ̞uˈɾað̞o]. asegurados is at rank #23,674, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aseɣ̞uˈɾað̞os].

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 31338, this pair ranks #207,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of asegurado vs asegurados

Shared letters: adegorsu. Private to "asegurado": -. Private to "asegurados": -.

"asegurado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "asegurados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aseguradoacegurado · aesgurado · aseggurado · asegruado · aseguardo · aseguraddo · aseguraod · asegurdao
  • aseguradosacegurados · aesgurados · aseggurados · asegruados · aseguardos · aseguraddos · aseguradoss · aseguradso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "asegurado" and "asegurados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "asegurado" is a verb and "asegurados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "asegurado" vs "asegurados" - which ranks higher?
"asegurado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,664 in our Spanish list, against #23,674 for "asegurados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "asegurado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "asegurados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "asegurado" and "asegurados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asegurados vs asegurándose". 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 #207,549 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