dañadosvsdotadosWhich spelling fits?

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“dañados” and “dotados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,640
“dañados” frequency rank
#25,230
“dotados” frequency rank
45870
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dañados dotados
Definition Forma del plural de dañado, participio de dañar. Forma del plural de dotado, participio de dotar.

Where the eye mixes dañados and dotados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dañados and dotados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dañados
7 ch
dotados

Look-alike desk: dañados vs dotados

A purely visual mix-up. dañados ([d̪aˈɲað̞os]) and dotados ([d̪oˈt̪að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dañados is recorded at frequency rank #20,640, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪aˈɲað̞os]. dotados is at rank #25,230, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈt̪að̞os].

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 45870, this pair ranks #128,996 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dañados vs dotados

Shared letters: ados. Private to "dañados": ñ. Private to "dotados": t.

"dañados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dotados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dotados ← ddotados · doatdos · dotaddos · dotadoss · dotadso · dotaods · dotdaos · dottados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dañados" and "dotados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈɲað̞os] versus [d̪oˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dañados" vs "dotados" - which ranks higher?
"dañados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,640 in our Spanish list, against #25,230 for "dotados". 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 "dañados" and "dotados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dañados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dotados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #128,996 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dañados" and "dotados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donadas vs dotados". 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 #128,996 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