Which to use
“contratados” is a participle and “contratamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,420
- “contratados” frequency rank
- #45,838
- “contratamos” frequency rank
- 59258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contratados | contratamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de contratado, participio de contratar. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de contratar. |
Where the eye mixes contratados and contratamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. contratados and contratamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: contratados vs contratamos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: contratados is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞os] while contratamos is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “contratados” becomes m in “contratamos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contratados is recorded at frequency rank #13,420, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞os]. 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 59258, this pair ranks #63,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contratados vs contratamos
Shared letters: acnorst. Private to "contratados": d. Private to "contratamos": m.
"contratados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "contratamos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- contratados ← ccontratados · cnotratados · conntratados · conrtatados · contartados · contraatdos · contrataddos · contratadoss
- contratamos ← ccontratamos · cnotratamos · conntratamos · conrtatamos · contartamos · contraatmos · contratammos · contratamoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "contratados" and "contratamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "contratados" or "contratamos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "contratados" and "contratamos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "contratados" 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 #63,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contratados" 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 #63,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.