Which to use
“cortado” is an adjective and “cortados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,360
- “cortado” frequency rank
- #21,955
- “cortados” frequency rank
- 30315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cortado | cortados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dice de la persona de carácter tímido y retraído. | Forma del plural de cortado, participio de cortar o de cortarse. |
Where the eye mixes cortado and cortados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cortado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cortados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cortado vs cortados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cortado is [koɾˈt̪að̞o] while cortados is [koɾˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cortado” sits inside “cortados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cortado is recorded at frequency rank #8,360, classified as anadj, pronounced [koɾˈt̪að̞o]. cortados is at rank #21,955, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [koɾˈt̪að̞os].
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 30315, this pair ranks #212,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cortado vs cortados
Shared letters: acdort. Private to "cortado": -. Private to "cortados": s.
"cortado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cortados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cortado" for "cortados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cortado" or "cortados" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cortado" and "cortados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cortado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cortados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cortado" and "cortados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cortador vs cortados". 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 #212,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.