Which to use
“construido” is a verb and “construidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,315
- “construido” frequency rank
- #13,209
- “construidos” frequency rank
- 17524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | construido | construidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de construir. | Forma del plural de construido, participio de construir. |
Where the eye mixes construido and construidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. construido runs 10 letters (CVCCCCVVCV) against construidos's 11 (CVCCCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between construido and construidos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: construido is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞o] while construidos is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “construido” sits inside “construidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
construido is recorded at frequency rank #4,315, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞o]. construidos is at rank #13,209, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞os].
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 17524, this pair ranks #271,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of construido vs construidos
Shared letters: cdinorstu. Private to "construido": -. Private to "construidos": -.
"construido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCV · "construidos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- construido ← cconstruido · cnostruido · connstruido · consrtuido · consstruido · constriudo · constrruido · construdio
- construidos ← cconstruidos · cnostruidos · connstruidos · consrtuidos · consstruidos · constriudos · constrruidos · construdios
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "construido" for "construidos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "construido" vs "construidos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "construido" and "construidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "construido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "construidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "construido" and "construidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "construían vs construido". 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 #271,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.