Which to use
“comunicado” is a noun and “comunicados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,106
- “comunicado” frequency rank
- #17,080
- “comunicados” frequency rank
- 20186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comunicado | comunicados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comunicación escrita que contiene alguna declaración unilateral, desmentido, etc, que se quiere hacer a la sociedad, normalmente a través de algún medio de comunicación y conteniendo la versión oficial del autor respecto a esa cuestión. | Forma del plural de comunicado, participio de comunicar o de comunicarse. |
Where the eye mixes comunicado and comunicados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between comunicado and comunicados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: comunicado is [komuniˈkað̞o] while comunicados is [komuniˈkað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comunicado” sits inside “comunicados”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comunicado is recorded at frequency rank #3,106, classified as anoun, pronounced [komuniˈkað̞o]. comunicados is at rank #17,080, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [komuniˈkað̞os].
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 20186, this pair ranks #260,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comunicado vs comunicados
Shared letters: acdimnou. Private to "comunicado": -. Private to "comunicados": s.
"comunicado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "comunicados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comunicado ← ccomunicado · cmounicado · communicado · comnuicado · comuincado · comunciado · comuniacdo · comunicaddo
- comunicados ← ccomunicados · cmounicados · communicados · comnuicados · comuincados · comunciados · comuniacdos · comunicaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comunicado" for "comunicados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "comunicado" vs "comunicados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comunicados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comunicado" and "comunicados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunicados vs comunicaron". 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 #260,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.