Which to use
“criticado” is a verb and “criticados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,304
- “criticado” frequency rank
- #42,367
- “criticados” frequency rank
- 52671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criticado | criticados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de criticar. | Forma del plural de criticado, participio de criticar. |
Where the eye mixes criticado and criticados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. criticado runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against criticados's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: criticado vs criticados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: criticado is [kɾit̪iˈkað̞o] while criticados is [kɾit̪iˈkað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “criticado” sits inside “criticados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
criticado is recorded at frequency rank #10,304, classified as averb, pronounced [kɾit̪iˈkað̞o]. criticados is at rank #42,367, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kɾit̪iˈkað̞os].
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 52671, this pair ranks #91,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of criticado vs criticados
Shared letters: acdiort. Private to "criticado": -. Private to "criticados": s.
"criticado" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "criticados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- criticado ← ccriticado · cirticado · criitcado · critciado · critiacdo · criticaddo · criticaod · criticcado
- criticados ← ccriticados · cirticados · criitcados · critciados · critiacdos · criticaddos · criticadoss · criticadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "criticado" for "criticados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "criticado" vs "criticados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "criticado" and "criticados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "criticado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "criticados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "criticado" and "criticados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "criticados vs criticamos". 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 #91,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.