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

#11,535
“cargador” frequency rank
#23,337
“cargadores” frequency rank
34872
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cargador cargadores
Definition Que se encarga de cargar o transportar. Forma del masculino plural de cargador.

Where the eye mixes cargador and cargadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cargador runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against cargadores's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
cargador
10 ch
cargadores

Look-alike desk: cargador vs cargadores

A purely visual mix-up. cargador ([kaɾɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]) and cargadores ([kaɾɣ̞aˈð̞oɾes]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “cargador” sits inside “cargadores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cargador is recorded at frequency rank #11,535, classified as anadj, pronounced [kaɾɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ]. cargadores is at rank #23,337, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kaɾɣ̞aˈð̞oɾes].

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 34872, this pair ranks #189,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cargador vs cargadores

Shared letters: acdgor. Private to "cargador": -. Private to "cargadores": es.

"cargador" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "cargadores" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cargadoracrgador · cagrador · caragdor · cargaddor · cargadorr · cargadro · cargaodr · cargdaor
  • cargadoresacrgadores · cagradores · caragdores · cargaddores · cargadoers · cargadoress · cargadorres · cargadorse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cargador" for "cargadores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaɾɣ̞aˈð̞oɾ] versus [kaɾɣ̞aˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cargador" or "cargadores"?
"cargador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,535 in our Spanish list, against #23,337 for "cargadores". 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 "cargador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cargadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cargador" and "cargadores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cargador vs cortador". 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 #189,082 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