Which to use
“delegados” is a participle and “delicados” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,367
- “delegados” frequency rank
- #17,940
- “delicados” frequency rank
- 26307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegados | delicados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de delegado, participio de delegar. | Forma del masculino plural de delicado. |
Where the eye mixes delegados and delicados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. delegados and delicados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: delegados vs delicados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: delegados is [d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞os] 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26307, 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]. 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 26307, this pair ranks #232,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delegados vs delicados
Shared letters: adelos. Private to "delegados": g. Private to "delicados": ci.
"delegados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "delicados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delegados" for "delicados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "delegados" or "delicados"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "delegados" and "delicados" 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 "delicados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegados" and "delicados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delicados vs duplicados". 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 #232,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.