Which to use
“borrado” is a verb and “borrados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,796
- “borrado” frequency rank
- #29,950
- “borrados” frequency rank
- 40746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | borrado | borrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de borrar. | Forma del plural de borrado, participio de borrar. |
Where the eye mixes borrado and borrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. borrado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against borrados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between borrado and borrados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: borrado is [boˈrað̞o] while borrados is [boˈrað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “borrado” sits inside “borrados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
borrado is recorded at frequency rank #10,796, classified as averb, pronounced [boˈrað̞o]. borrados is at rank #29,950, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [boˈrað̞os].
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 40746, this pair ranks #157,423 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of borrado vs borrados
Shared letters: abdor. Private to "borrado": -. Private to "borrados": s.
"borrado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "borrados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "borrado" for "borrados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "borrado" or "borrados" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "borrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "borrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,423 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "borrado" and "borrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bocados vs borrados". 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 #157,423 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.