calladosvscasadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: callados is a adjective, casados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“callados” is an adjective and “casados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,062
“callados” frequency rank
#9,253
“casados” frequency rank
26315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature callados casados
Definition Forma del plural de callado. Forma del plural de casado, participio de casar o de casarse.

Where the eye mixes callados and casados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
callados
7 ch
casados

Look-alike desk: callados vs casados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: callados is [kaˈʝað̞os] while casados is [kaˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

callados is recorded at frequency rank #17,062, classified as anadj, pronounced [kaˈʝað̞os]. casados is at rank #9,253, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈsað̞os].

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 26315, this pair ranks #232,211 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of callados vs casados

Shared letters: acdos. Private to "callados": l. Private to "casados": -.

"callados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "casados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • calladosacllados · calados · calaldos · calladdos · calladoss · calladso · callaods · calldaos
  • casadosacsados · caasdos · casaddos · casadoss · casadso · casaods · casdaos · cassados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "callados" and "casados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "callados" is an adjective and "casados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "callados" or "casados" show up more?
"casados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,253 in our Spanish list, against #17,062 for "callados". 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 "callados" and "casados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "callados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,211 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "callados" and "casados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "callados vs callaron". 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 #232,211 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