Which to use
“colado” is an adjective and “colgados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,945
- “colado” frequency rank
- #21,258
- “colgados” frequency rank
- 47203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colado | colgados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sustancia pasada a través de un colador. | Forma del plural de colgado, participio de colgar o de colgarse. |
Where the eye mixes colado and colgados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. colado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against colgados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: colado vs colgados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: colado is [koˈlað̞o] while colgados is [kolˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 47203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colado is recorded at frequency rank #25,945, classified as anadj, pronounced [koˈlað̞o]. colgados is at rank #21,258, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kolˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 47203, this pair ranks #121,385 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of colado vs colgados
Shared letters: acdlo. Private to "colado": -. Private to "colgados": gs.
"colado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "colgados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "colado" for "colgados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "colado" vs "colgados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "colado" and "colgados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "colado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colgados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,385 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colado" and "colgados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codazo vs colado". 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 #121,385 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.