Which to use
“contemplado” is a verb and “contemplados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,310
- “contemplado” frequency rank
- #28,302
- “contemplados” frequency rank
- 50612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contemplado | contemplados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de contemplar. | Forma del plural de contemplado, participio de contemplar. |
Where the eye mixes contemplado and contemplados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses contemplado with contemplados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: contemplado is [kõn̪t̪ẽmˈplað̞o] while contemplados is [kõn̪t̪ẽmˈplað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “contemplado” sits inside “contemplados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contemplado is recorded at frequency rank #22,310, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ẽmˈplað̞o]. contemplados is at rank #28,302, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ẽmˈplað̞os].
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 50612, this pair ranks #102,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contemplado vs contemplados
Shared letters: acdelmnopt. Private to "contemplado": -. Private to "contemplados": s.
"contemplado" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCV · "contemplados" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contemplado ← ccontemplado · cnotemplado · conetmplado · conntemplado · contemlpado · contemmplado · contempaldo · contempladdo
- contemplados ← ccontemplados · cnotemplados · conetmplados · conntemplados · contemlpados · contemmplados · contempaldos · contempladdos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contemplado" for "contemplados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "contemplado" vs "contemplados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "contemplado" and "contemplados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "contemplado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contemplados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #102,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contemplado" and "contemplados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contempladas vs contemplados". 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 #102,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.