Which to use
“delegados” is a participle and “delgados” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,367
- “delegados” frequency rank
- #25,988
- “delgados” frequency rank
- 34355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegados | delgados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de delegado, participio de delegar. | Forma del plural de delgado. |
Where the eye mixes delegados and delgados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. delegados runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against delgados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: delegados vs delgados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: delegados is [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞os] while delgados is [d̪elˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delegados is recorded at frequency rank #8,367, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞os]. delgados is at rank #25,988, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪elˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 34355, this pair ranks #191,907 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delegados vs delgados
Shared letters: adeglos. Private to "delegados": -. Private to "delgados": -.
"delegados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "delgados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delegados" and "delgados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "delegados" or "delgados"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "delegados" and "delgados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "delegados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delgados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,907 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegados" and "delgados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delgados vs drogados". 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 #191,907 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.