Which to use
“consultado” is a verb and “consultados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,091
- “consultado” frequency rank
- #26,769
- “consultados” frequency rank
- 35860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consultado | consultados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de consultar. | Forma del plural de consultado, participio de consultar. |
Where the eye mixes consultado and consultados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. consultado runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against consultados's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between consultado and consultados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: consultado is [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞o] while consultados is [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “consultado” sits inside “consultados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consultado is recorded at frequency rank #9,091, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞o]. consultados is at rank #26,769, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõnsul̪ˈt̪að̞os].
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 35860, this pair ranks #183,786 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of consultado vs consultados
Shared letters: acdlnostu. Private to "consultado": -. Private to "consultados": -.
"consultado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "consultados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- consultado ← cconsultado · cnosultado · connsultado · conslutado · conssultado · consulatdo · consulltado · consultaddo
- consultados ← cconsultados · cnosultados · connsultados · conslutados · conssultados · consulatdos · consulltados · consultaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "consultado" and "consultados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "consultado" vs "consultados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "consultado" and "consultados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "consultado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consultados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,786 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consultado" and "consultados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consultadas vs consultados". 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 #183,786 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.