Which to use
“delgado” is an adjective and “dragado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,601
- “delgado” frequency rank
- #45,887
- “dragado” frequency rank
- 51488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delgado | dragado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | De poca anchura corporal. | Extracción de arena, lodo, piedras y otros materiales del lecho de un río, canal, puerto o zona navegable |
Where the eye mixes delgado and dragado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. delgado (CVCCVCV) and dragado (CCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: delgado vs dragado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: delgado is [d̪elˈɣ̞að̞o] while dragado is [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞að̞o]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delgado is recorded at frequency rank #5,601, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪elˈɣ̞að̞o]. dragado is at rank #45,887, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞að̞o].
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 51488, this pair ranks #97,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delgado vs dragado
Shared letters: adgo. Private to "delgado": el. Private to "dragado": r.
"delgado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dragado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "delgado" and "dragado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "delgado" vs "dragado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "delgado" and "dragado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "delgado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dragado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delgado" and "dragado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dragado 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 #97,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.