conseguidovsconseguidosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,816
“conseguido” frequency rank
#29,557
“conseguidos” frequency rank
32373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conseguido conseguidos
Definition Participio de conseguir o de conseguirse. Forma del plural de conseguido, participio de conseguir.

Where the eye mixes conseguido and conseguidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. conseguido runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVCV) against conseguidos's 11 (CVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
conseguido
11 ch
conseguidos

Why the eye confuses conseguido with conseguidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conseguido is [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o] while conseguidos is [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “conseguido” sits inside “conseguidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conseguido is recorded at frequency rank #2,816, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o]. conseguidos is at rank #29,557, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞os].

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 32373, this pair ranks #202,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of conseguido vs conseguidos

Shared letters: cdeginosu. Private to "conseguido": -. Private to "conseguidos": -.

"conseguido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV  ·  "conseguidos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conseguido ← cconseguido · cnoseguido · conceguido · conesguido · connseguido · consegguido · consegiudo · consegudio
  • conseguidos ← cconseguidos · cnoseguidos · conceguidos · conesguidos · connseguidos · consegguidos · consegiudos · consegudios

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "conseguido" and "conseguidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conseguido" is a verb and "conseguidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conseguido" or "conseguidos" show up more?
"conseguido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,816 in our Spanish list, against #29,557 for "conseguidos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conseguido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conseguidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #202,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conseguido" and "conseguidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseguida vs conseguidos". 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 #202,314 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