Which to use
“cruzado” and “cruzados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,501
- “cruzado” frequency rank
- #12,352
- “cruzados” frequency rank
- 20853
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cruzado | cruzados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que lleva una cruz como parte del blasón. | Forma del masculino plural de cruzado. |
Where the eye mixes cruzado and cruzados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cruzado runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against cruzados's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cruzado with cruzados
A purely visual mix-up. cruzado ([kɾuˈsað̞o]) and cruzados ([kɾuˈsað̞os]) 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 extra letter(s) - “cruzado” sits inside “cruzados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cruzado is recorded at frequency rank #8,501, classified as anadj, pronounced [kɾuˈsað̞o]. cruzados is at rank #12,352, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kɾuˈsað̞os].
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 20853, this pair ranks #257,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cruzado vs cruzados
Shared letters: acdoruz. Private to "cruzado": -. Private to "cruzados": s.
"cruzado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "cruzados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cruzado" and "cruzados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cruzado" or "cruzados" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cruzado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cruzados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #257,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cruzado" and "cruzados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cruzados vs curados". 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 #257,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.