cultivadosvscultivosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cultivados is a participle, cultivos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cultivados” is a participle and “cultivos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,036
“cultivados” frequency rank
#5,710
“cultivos” frequency rank
43746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cultivados cultivos
Definition Forma del plural de cultivado. Forma del plural de cultivo.

Where the eye mixes cultivados and cultivos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cultivados runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against cultivos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
cultivados
8 ch
cultivos

Look-alike desk: cultivados vs cultivos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cultivados is [kul̪t̪iˈβ̞að̞os] while cultivos is [kul̪ˈt̪iβ̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cultivados is recorded at frequency rank #38,036, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kul̪t̪iˈβ̞að̞os]. cultivos is at rank #5,710, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kul̪ˈt̪iβ̞os].

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 43746, this pair ranks #140,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cultivados vs cultivos

Shared letters: cilostuv. Private to "cultivados": ad. Private to "cultivos": -.

"cultivados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "cultivos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cultivadosccultivados · clutivados · culitvados · culltivados · cultiavdos · cultibados · cultivaddos · cultivadoss
  • cultivosccultivos · clutivos · culitvos · culltivos · cultibos · cultiovs · cultivoss · cultivso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cultivados" and "cultivos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cultivados" is a participle and "cultivos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cultivados" or "cultivos"?
"cultivos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,710 in our Spanish list, against #38,036 for "cultivados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cultivados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cultivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cultivados" and "cultivos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cultivadores vs cultivados". 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 #140,924 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