conectadovsconectadosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: conectado is a verb, conectados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“conectado” is a verb and “conectados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,387
“conectado” frequency rank
#8,932
“conectados” frequency rank
15319
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conectado conectados
Definition Participio de conectar. Forma del plural de conectado, participio de conectar.

Where the eye mixes conectado and conectados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
conectado
10 ch
conectados

Look-alike desk: conectado vs conectados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conectado is [konekˈt̪að̞o] while conectados is [konekˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conectado” sits inside “conectados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conectado is recorded at frequency rank #6,387, classified as averb, pronounced [konekˈt̪að̞o]. conectados is at rank #8,932, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [konekˈt̪að̞os].

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 15319, this pair ranks #280,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conectado vs conectados

Shared letters: acdenot. Private to "conectado": -. Private to "conectados": s.

"conectado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "conectados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conectadocconectado · cnoectado · coenctado · concetado · conecatdo · conecctado · conectaddo · conectaod
  • conectadoscconectados · cnoectados · coenctados · concetados · conecatdos · conecctados · conectaddos · conectadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conectado" and "conectados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conectado" is a verb and "conectados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conectado" vs "conectados" - which ranks higher?
"conectado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,387 in our Spanish list, against #8,932 for "conectados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "conectado" and "conectados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conectado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conectados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #280,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conectado" and "conectados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conectaba vs conectado". 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 #280,648 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list