calculadovscalculadosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: calculado is a verb, calculados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“calculado” is a verb and “calculados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,031
“calculado” frequency rank
#41,770
“calculados” frequency rank
57801
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature calculado calculados
Definition Participio de calcular. Forma del plural de calculado, participio de calcular.

Where the eye mixes calculado and calculados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. calculado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against calculados's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
calculado
10 ch
calculados

Why the eye confuses calculado with calculados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: calculado is [kalkuˈlað̞o] while calculados is [kalkuˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “calculado” sits inside “calculados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57801, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

calculado is recorded at frequency rank #16,031, classified as averb, pronounced [kalkuˈlað̞o]. calculados is at rank #41,770, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kalkuˈlað̞os].

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 57801, this pair ranks #69,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of calculado vs calculados

Shared letters: acdlou. Private to "calculado": -. Private to "calculados": s.

"calculado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "calculados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • calculadoaclculado · caclulado · calcculado · calcluado · calcualdo · calculaddo · calculaod · calculdao
  • calculadosaclculados · caclulados · calcculados · calcluados · calcualdos · calculaddos · calculadoss · calculadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "calculado" for "calculados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "calculado" is a verb and "calculados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "calculado" vs "calculados" - which ranks higher?
"calculado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,031 in our Spanish list, against #41,770 for "calculados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "calculado" and "calculados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "calculado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "calculados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "calculado" and "calculados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calculados vs cancelados". 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 #69,018 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