bautizadosvsbautizaronWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#34,906
“bautizados” frequency rank
#45,158
“bautizaron” frequency rank
80064
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bautizados bautizaron
Definition Forma del plural de bautizado, participio de bautizar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de bautizar.

Where the eye mixes bautizados and bautizaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. bautizados and bautizaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
bautizados
10 ch
bautizaron

Look-alike desk: bautizados vs bautizaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bautizados is [bawt̪iˈsað̞os] while bautizaron is [bawt̪iˈsaɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bautizados is recorded at frequency rank #34,906, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bawt̪iˈsað̞os]. bautizaron is at rank #45,158, tagged as averb, pronounced [bawt̪iˈsaɾõn].

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 80064, this pair ranks #12,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of bautizados vs bautizaron

Shared letters: abiotuz. Private to "bautizados": ds. Private to "bautizaron": nr.

"bautizados" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC  ·  "bautizaron" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bautizados ← abutizados · batuizados · bauitzados · bautiazdos · bautizaddos · bautizadoss · bautizadso · bautizaods
  • bautizaron ← abutizaron · batuizaron · bauitzaron · bautiazron · bautizaorn · bautizarno · bautizaronn · bautizarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bautizados" and "bautizaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bautizados" is a participle and "bautizaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bautizados" or "bautizaron"?
"bautizados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,906 in our Spanish list, against #45,158 for "bautizaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "bautizados" and "bautizaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bautizados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bautizaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,159 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bautizados" and "bautizaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bautizar vs bautizaron". 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 #12,159 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