Which to use
“congelador” is an adjective and “congelados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,960
- “congelador” frequency rank
- #21,270
- “congelados” frequency rank
- 47230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | congelador | congelados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que congela. | Forma del plural de congelado, participio de congelar o de congelarse. |
Where the eye mixes congelador and congelados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. congelador and congelados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between congelador and congelados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: congelador is [kõŋxelaˈð̞oɾ] while congelados is [kõŋxeˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “congelador” becomes s in “congelados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
congelador is recorded at frequency rank #25,960, classified as anadj, pronounced [kõŋxelaˈð̞oɾ]. congelados is at rank #21,270, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõŋxeˈlað̞os].
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 47230, this pair ranks #121,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of congelador vs congelados
Shared letters: acdeglno. Private to "congelador": r. Private to "congelados": s.
"congelador" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "congelados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- congelador ← ccongelador · cnogelador · cognelador · coneglador · congealdor · congeladdor · congeladorr · congeladro
- congelados ← ccongelados · cnogelados · cognelados · coneglados · congealdos · congeladdos · congeladoss · congeladso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "congelador" and "congelados" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "congelador" or "congelados" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "congelador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "congelados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "congelador" and "congelados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "congelador vs consolador". 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 #121,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.