Which to use
“comprobado” is a verb and “comprobados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,239
- “comprobado” frequency rank
- #44,063
- “comprobados” frequency rank
- 52302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comprobado | comprobados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de comprobar. | Forma del plural de comprobado, participio de comprobar. |
Where the eye mixes comprobado and comprobados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: comprobado vs comprobados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comprobado is [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞o] while comprobados is [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comprobado” sits inside “comprobados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comprobado is recorded at frequency rank #8,239, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞o]. comprobados is at rank #44,063, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmpɾoˈβ̞að̞os].
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 52302, this pair ranks #93,371 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comprobado vs comprobados
Shared letters: abcdmopr. Private to "comprobado": -. Private to "comprobados": s.
"comprobado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "comprobados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comprobado ← ccomprobado · cmoprobado · commprobado · comporbado · compprobado · comprboado · comproabdo · comprobaddo
- comprobados ← ccomprobados · cmoprobados · commprobados · comporbados · compprobados · comprboados · comproabdos · comprobaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comprobado" and "comprobados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "comprobado" vs "comprobados" - 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 "comprobado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comprobados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,371 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comprobado" and "comprobados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comprobados vs comprobamos". 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 #93,371 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.