Which to use
“buscad” and “buscado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,385
- “buscad” frequency rank
- #6,269
- “buscado” frequency rank
- 52654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | buscad | buscado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de buscar. | Participio de buscar. |
Where the eye mixes buscad and buscado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. buscad runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against buscado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between buscad and buscado
A purely visual mix-up. buscad ([busˈkað̞]) and buscado ([busˈkað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “buscad” sits inside “buscado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
buscad is recorded at frequency rank #46,385, classified as averb, pronounced [busˈkað̞]. buscado is at rank #6,269, tagged as averb, pronounced [busˈkað̞o].
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 52654, this pair ranks #91,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of buscad vs buscado
Shared letters: abcdsu. Private to "buscad": -. Private to "buscado": o.
"buscad" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "buscado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "buscad" for "buscado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "buscad" vs "buscado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "buscad" and "buscado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "buscad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "buscado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "buscad" and "buscado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "buscad vs buscadas". 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 #91,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.