Which to use
“delegados” and “desplegados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,367
- “delegados” frequency rank
- #27,955
- “desplegados” frequency rank
- 36322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegados | desplegados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de delegado, participio de delegar. | Forma del plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar. |
Where the eye mixes delegados and desplegados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. delegados runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against desplegados's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between delegados and desplegados
A purely visual mix-up. delegados ([d̪eleˈɣ̞að̞os]) and desplegados ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 36322, 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]. desplegados is at rank #27,955, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 36322, this pair ranks #181,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delegados vs desplegados
Shared letters: adeglos. Private to "delegados": -. Private to "desplegados": p.
"delegados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "desplegados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- delegados ← ddelegados · deelgados · deleagdos · delegaddos · delegadoss · delegadso · delegaods · delegdaos
- desplegados ← ddesplegados · depslegados · deslpegados · despelgados · despleagdos · desplegaddos · desplegadoss · desplegadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delegados" and "desplegados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "delegados" or "desplegados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "delegados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegados" and "desplegados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despejados vs desplegados". 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 #181,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.