Which to use
“delicado” and “delicados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,101
- “delicado” frequency rank
- #17,940
- “delicados” frequency rank
- 26041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delicado | delicados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suave, blando, tierno. | Forma del masculino plural de delicado. |
Where the eye mixes delicado and delicados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. delicado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against delicados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses delicado with delicados
A purely visual mix-up. delicado ([d̪eliˈkað̞o]) and delicados ([d̪eliˈkað̞os]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “delicado” sits inside “delicados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delicado is recorded at frequency rank #8,101, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈkað̞o]. 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 26041, this pair ranks #233,612 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delicado vs delicados
Shared letters: acdeilo. Private to "delicado": -. Private to "delicados": s.
"delicado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "delicados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delicado" for "delicados" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "delicado" and "delicados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "delicado" 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 #233,612 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delicado" 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 #233,612 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.