dedicamosvsdelicadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: dedicamos is a verb, delicados is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dedicamos” is a verb and “delicados” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,645
“dedicamos” frequency rank
#17,940
“delicados” frequency rank
40585
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dedicamos delicados
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de dedicar o de dedicarse. Forma del masculino plural de delicado.

Where the eye mixes dedicamos and delicados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dedicamos and delicados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
dedicamos
9 ch
delicados

Why the eye confuses dedicamos with delicados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dedicamos is [d̪eð̞iˈkamos] while delicados is [d̪eliˈkað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dedicamos is recorded at frequency rank #22,645, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eð̞iˈkamos]. delicados is at rank #17,940, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈkað̞os].

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 40585, this pair ranks #158,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dedicamos vs delicados

Shared letters: acdeios. Private to "dedicamos": m. Private to "delicados": l.

"dedicamos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "delicados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dedicamos ← ddedicamos · ddeicamos · dedciamos · deddicamos · dediacmos · dedicammos · dedicamoss · dedicamso
  • delicados ← ddelicados · deilcados · delciados · deliacdos · delicaddos · delicadoss · delicadso · delicaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dedicamos" and "delicados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dedicamos" is a verb and "delicados" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dedicamos" vs "delicados" - which ranks higher?
"delicados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,940 in our Spanish list, against #22,645 for "dedicamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dedicamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "delicados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dedicamos" and "delicados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decidamos vs dedicamos". 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 #158,295 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