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“contratado” and “contratamos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,532
“contratado” frequency rank
#45,838
“contratamos” frequency rank
53370
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature contratado contratamos
Definition Participio de contratar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de contratar.

Where the eye mixes contratado and contratamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

10 ch
contratado
11 ch
contratamos

Look-alike desk: contratado vs contratamos

A purely visual mix-up. contratado ([kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o]) and contratamos ([kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪amos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

contratado is recorded at frequency rank #7,532, classified as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o]. contratamos is at rank #45,838, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪amos].

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 53370, this pair ranks #88,215 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of contratado vs contratamos

Shared letters: acnort. Private to "contratado": d. Private to "contratamos": ms.

"contratado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "contratamos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • contratadoccontratado · cnotratado · conntratado · conrtatado · contartado · contraatdo · contrataddo · contrataod
  • contratamosccontratamos · cnotratamos · conntratamos · conrtatamos · contartamos · contraatmos · contratammos · contratamoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "contratado" and "contratamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o] versus [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪amos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "contratado" or "contratamos"?
"contratado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,532 in our Spanish list, against #45,838 for "contratamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "contratado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "contratamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,215 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "contratado" and "contratamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contratamos vs controlamos". 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 #88,215 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