Which to use
“construidos” is a participle and “construimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,209
- “construidos” frequency rank
- #21,275
- “construimos” frequency rank
- 34484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | construidos | construimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de construido, participio de construir. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de construir. |
Where the eye mixes construidos and construimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. construidos and construimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between construidos and construimos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: construidos is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞os] while construimos is [kõnsˈt̪ɾwimos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “construidos” becomes m in “construimos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
construidos is recorded at frequency rank #13,209, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwið̞os]. construimos is at rank #21,275, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnsˈt̪ɾwimos].
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 34484, this pair ranks #191,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of construidos vs construimos
Shared letters: cinorstu. Private to "construidos": d. Private to "construimos": m.
"construidos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC · "construimos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- construidos ← cconstruidos · cnostruidos · connstruidos · consrtuidos · consstruidos · constriudos · constrruidos · construdios
- construimos ← cconstruimos · cnostruimos · connstruimos · consrtuimos · consstruimos · constriumos · constrruimos · construimmos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "construidos" for "construimos" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "construidos" or "construimos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "construidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "construimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "construidos" and "construimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "construimos vs construiremos". 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 #191,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.