convocadovsconvocadosTell them apart

Quick tell: convocado is a verb, convocados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“convocado” is a verb and “convocados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,782
“convocado” frequency rank
#16,801
“convocados” frequency rank
25583
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature convocado convocados
Definition Participio de convocar. Forma del plural de convocado, participio de convocar.

Where the eye mixes convocado and convocados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. convocado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against convocados's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
convocado
10 ch
convocados

Visual trap between convocado and convocados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: convocado is [kõmboˈkað̞o] while convocados is [kõmboˈkað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “convocado” sits inside “convocados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

convocado is recorded at frequency rank #8,782, classified as averb, pronounced [kõmboˈkað̞o]. convocados is at rank #16,801, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kõmboˈkað̞os].

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 25583, this pair ranks #235,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of convocado vs convocados

Shared letters: acdnov. Private to "convocado": -. Private to "convocados": s.

"convocado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "convocados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • convocadocconvocado · cnovocado · conbocado · connvocado · conovcado · convcoado · convoacdo · convocaddo
  • convocadoscconvocados · cnovocados · conbocados · connvocados · conovcados · convcoados · convoacdos · convocaddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "convocado" for "convocados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "convocado" is a verb and "convocados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "convocado" or "convocados" show up more?
"convocado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,782 in our Spanish list, against #16,801 for "convocados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "convocado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convocados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "convocado" and "convocados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convocados vs convocamos". 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 #235,773 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