Which to use
“buscad” and “búscame” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,385
- “buscad” frequency rank
- #44,599
- “búscame” frequency rank
- 90984
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | buscad | búscame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de buscar. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de buscar (con el pronombre «me» enclítico); solicitud para que mi interlocutor me busque a mí o algo para mí ahora o posteriormente. |
Where the eye mixes buscad and búscame
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. buscad runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against búscame's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: buscad vs búscame
A purely visual mix-up. buscad ([busˈkað̞]) and búscame ([ˈbuskame]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90984, 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]. búscame is at rank #44,599, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbuskame].
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 90984, this pair ranks #2,225 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of buscad vs búscame
Shared letters: abcs. Private to "buscad": du. Private to "búscame": emú.
"buscad" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "búscame" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- buscad ← bbuscad · bsucad · bucsad · busacd · buscadd · busccad · buscda · busscad
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "buscad" for "búscame" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "buscad" or "búscame" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "buscad" and "búscame" 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 "búscame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,225 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "buscad" and "búscame" 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 #2,225 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.