Which to use
“delegada” is a participle and “denegado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,505
- “delegada” frequency rank
- #30,020
- “denegado” frequency rank
- 48525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegada | denegado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de delegado, participio de delegar. | Que ha sido rechazado, que no ha sido otorgado o autorizado. |
Where the eye mixes delegada and denegado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. delegada and denegado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: delegada vs denegado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: delegada is [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞a] while denegado is [d̪eneˈɣ̞að̞o]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delegada is recorded at frequency rank #18,505, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞a]. denegado is at rank #30,020, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪eneˈɣ̞að̞o].
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 48525, this pair ranks #114,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delegada vs denegado
Shared letters: adeg. Private to "delegada": l. Private to "denegado": no.
"delegada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "denegado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delegada" for "denegado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "delegada" or "denegado"?
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 "delegada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "denegado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegada" and "denegado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "denegado vs denegó". 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 #114,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.