Which to use
“delegadas” and “desplegadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,684
- “delegadas” frequency rank
- #37,028
- “desplegadas” frequency rank
- 76712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegadas | desplegadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de delegado, participio de delegar. | Forma del femenino plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar. |
Where the eye mixes delegadas and desplegadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses delegadas with desplegadas
A purely visual mix-up. delegadas ([d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞as]) and desplegadas ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delegadas is recorded at frequency rank #39,684, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞as]. desplegadas is at rank #37,028, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as].
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 76712, this pair ranks #17,239 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delegadas vs desplegadas
Shared letters: adegls. Private to "delegadas": -. Private to "desplegadas": p.
"delegadas" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "desplegadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- delegadas ← ddelegadas · deelgadas · deleagdas · delegaads · delegadass · delegaddas · delegadsa · delegdaas
- desplegadas ← ddesplegadas · depslegadas · deslpegadas · despelgadas · despleagdas · desplegaads · desplegadass · desplegaddas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delegadas" for "desplegadas" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "delegadas" or "desplegadas" 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 "delegadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,239 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegadas" and "desplegadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desplegada vs desplegadas". 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 #17,239 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.