Which to use
“degollado” and “detallado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,098
- “degollado” frequency rank
- #9,974
- “detallado” frequency rank
- 54072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degollado | detallado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de degollar. | Participio de detallar. |
Where the eye mixes degollado and detallado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. degollado and detallado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses degollado with detallado
A purely visual mix-up. degollado ([d̪eɣ̞oˈʝað̞o]) and detallado ([d̪et̪aˈʝað̞o]) 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 54072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degollado is recorded at frequency rank #44,098, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eɣ̞oˈʝað̞o]. detallado is at rank #9,974, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪et̪aˈʝað̞o].
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 54072, this pair ranks #84,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of degollado vs detallado
Shared letters: adelo. Private to "degollado": g. Private to "detallado": t.
"degollado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "detallado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "degollado" for "detallado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "degollado" or "detallado" show up more?
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 "degollado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "detallado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degollado" and "detallado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degollado vs desolado". 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 #84,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.