Which to use
“buscado” and “búscame” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,269
- “buscado” frequency rank
- #44,599
- “búscame” frequency rank
- 50868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | buscado | búscame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio 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 buscado and búscame
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. buscado and búscame follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: buscado vs búscame
A purely visual mix-up. buscado ([busˈkað̞o]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
buscado is recorded at frequency rank #6,269, classified as averb, pronounced [busˈkað̞o]. 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 50868, this pair ranks #100,892 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of buscado vs búscame
Shared letters: abcs. Private to "buscado": dou. Private to "búscame": emú.
"buscado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "búscame" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- buscado ← bbuscado · bsucado · bucsado · busacdo · buscaddo · buscaod · busccado · buscdao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "buscado" for "búscame" ever safe?
Frequency check: "buscado" vs "búscame" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "buscado" 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 #100,892 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "buscado" and "búscame" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "búscalo vs búscame". 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 #100,892 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.