Which to use
“delicados” is an adjective and “duplicados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,940
- “delicados” frequency rank
- #37,047
- “duplicados” frequency rank
- 54987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delicados | duplicados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del masculino plural de delicado. | Forma del plural de duplicado, participio de duplicar. |
Where the eye mixes delicados and duplicados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. delicados runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against duplicados's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses delicados with duplicados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: delicados is [d̪eliˈkað̞os] while duplicados is [d̪upliˈkað̞os]. 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 (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delicados is recorded at frequency rank #17,940, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈkað̞os]. duplicados is at rank #37,047, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪upliˈkað̞os].
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 54987, this pair ranks #80,893 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delicados vs duplicados
Shared letters: acdilos. Private to "delicados": e. Private to "duplicados": pu.
"delicados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "duplicados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- delicados ← ddelicados · deilcados · delciados · deliacdos · delicaddos · delicadoss · delicadso · delicaods
- duplicados ← dduplicados · dpulicados · dulpicados · dupilcados · duplciados · dupliacdos · duplicaddos · duplicadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delicados" and "duplicados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "delicados" or "duplicados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "delicados" and "duplicados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "delicados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duplicados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,893 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delicados" and "duplicados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duplicado 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 #80,893 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.