Which to use
“asimilado” is a verb and “asimilados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,934
- “asimilado” frequency rank
- #48,224
- “asimilados” frequency rank
- 85158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | asimilado | asimilados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de asimilar. | Forma del plural de asimilado, participio de asimilar. |
Where the eye mixes asimilado and asimilados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. asimilado runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against asimilados's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between asimilado and asimilados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: asimilado is [asimiˈlað̞o] while asimilados is [asimiˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “asimilado” sits inside “asimilados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
asimilado is recorded at frequency rank #36,934, classified as averb, pronounced [asimiˈlað̞o]. asimilados is at rank #48,224, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [asimiˈlað̞os].
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 85158, this pair ranks #6,378 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of asimilado vs asimilados
Shared letters: adilmos. Private to "asimilado": -. Private to "asimilados": -.
"asimilado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV · "asimilados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- asimilado ← acimilado · aismilado · asiimlado · asimialdo · asimiladdo · asimilaod · asimildao · asimillado
- asimilados ← acimilados · aismilados · asiimlados · asimialdos · asimiladdos · asimiladoss · asimiladso · asimilaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "asimilado" for "asimilados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "asimilado" or "asimilados" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "asimilado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "asimilados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,378 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "asimilado" and "asimilados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asimila vs asimilado". 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 #6,378 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.