comisionadovscomisionadosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#7,686
“comisionado” frequency rank
#19,956
“comisionados” frequency rank
27642
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comisionado comisionados
Definition Que tiene a su cargo una comisión o tarea. Forma del plural de comisionado, participio de comisionar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set comisionado and comisionados apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch
comisionado
12 ch
comisionados

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comisionado is [komisjoˈnað̞o] while comisionados is [komisjoˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comisionado” sits inside “comisionados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comisionado is recorded at frequency rank #7,686, classified as anadj, pronounced [komisjoˈnað̞o]. comisionados is at rank #19,956, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [komisjoˈnað̞os].

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 27642, this pair ranks #225,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comisionado vs comisionados

Shared letters: acdimnos. Private to "comisionado": -. Private to "comisionados": -.

"comisionado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCV  ·  "comisionados" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comisionadoccomisionado · cmoisionado · coimsionado · comicionado · comiisonado · comisinoado · comisioando · comisionaddo
  • comisionadosccomisionados · cmoisionados · coimsionados · comicionados · comiisonados · comisinoados · comisioandos · comisionaddos

Frequency comparison

comisionado#7,686
comisionados#19,956

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "comisionado" and "comisionados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comisionado" is an adjective and "comisionados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "comisionado" or "comisionados"?
"comisionado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,686 in our Spanish list, against #19,956 for "comisionados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering comisionado vs comisionados

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “comisionado”; for a participle, it's “comisionados”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “comisionado” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list