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“buscado” and “buscamos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,269
“buscado” frequency rank
#5,374
“buscamos” frequency rank
11643
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature buscado buscamos
Definition Participio de buscar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de buscar.

Where the eye mixes buscado and buscamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. buscado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against buscamos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
buscado
8 ch
buscamos

Look-alike desk: buscado vs buscamos

A purely visual mix-up. buscado ([busˈkað̞o]) and buscamos ([busˈkamos]) 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 11643, 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]. buscamos is at rank #5,374, tagged as averb, pronounced [busˈkamos].

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 11643, this pair ranks #294,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of buscado vs buscamos

Shared letters: abcosu. Private to "buscado": d. Private to "buscamos": m.

"buscado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "buscamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • buscado ← bbuscado · bsucado · bucsado · busacdo · buscaddo · buscaod · busccado · buscdao
  • buscamos ← bbuscamos · bsucamos · bucsamos · busacmos · buscammos · buscamoss · buscamso · buscaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "buscado" and "buscamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([busˈkað̞o] versus [busˈkamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "buscado" or "buscamos"?
"buscamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,374 in our Spanish list, against #6,269 for "buscado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "buscado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "buscamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #294,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "buscado" and "buscamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "buscadas vs buscado". 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 #294,361 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