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 eye mixes comisionado and comisionados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. comisionado runs 11 letters (CVCVCVVCVCV) against comisionados's 12 (CVCVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between comisionado and comisionados
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
- comisionado ← ccomisionado · cmoisionado · coimsionado · comicionado · comiisonado · comisinoado · comisioando · comisionaddo
- comisionados ← ccomisionados · cmoisionados · coimsionados · comicionados · comiisonados · comisinoados · comisioandos · comisionaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "comisionado" and "comisionados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "comisionado" vs "comisionados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "comisionado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comisionados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #225,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comisionado" and "comisionados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comisionada vs comisionados". 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 #225,857 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.