Which to use
“autorizado” is a verb and “autorizados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,256
- “autorizado” frequency rank
- #11,719
- “autorizados” frequency rank
- 18975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorizado | autorizados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de autorizar. | Forma del plural de autorizado, participio de autorizar. |
Where the eye mixes autorizado and autorizados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. autorizado runs 10 letters (VVCVCVCVCV) against autorizados's 11 (VVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: autorizado vs autorizados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: autorizado is [awt̪oɾiˈsað̞o] while autorizados is [awt̪oɾiˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “autorizado” sits inside “autorizados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autorizado is recorded at frequency rank #7,256, classified as averb, pronounced [awt̪oɾiˈsað̞o]. autorizados is at rank #11,719, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [awt̪oɾiˈsað̞os].
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 18975, this pair ranks #265,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of autorizado vs autorizados
Shared letters: adiortuz. Private to "autorizado": -. Private to "autorizados": s.
"autorizado" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCV · "autorizados" · 11 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autorizado ← atuorizado · auotrizado · autoirzado · autoriazdo · autorizaddo · autorizaod · autorizdao · autorizzado
- autorizados ← atuorizados · auotrizados · autoirzados · autoriazdos · autorizaddos · autorizadoss · autorizadso · autorizaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "autorizado" for "autorizados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "autorizado" or "autorizados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "autorizado" and "autorizados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorizado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorizados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorizado" and "autorizados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorizados vs autorizando". 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 #265,691 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.