demandadosvsdemasiadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“demandados” and “demasiados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,182
“demandados” frequency rank
#7,136
“demasiados” frequency rank
34318
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demandados demasiados
Definition Forma del plural de demandado, participio de demandar. Forma del plural de demasiado, participio de demasiarse.

Where the eye mixes demandados and demasiados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. demandados (CVCVCCVCVC) and demasiados (CVCVCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
demandados
10 ch
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Look-alike desk: demandados vs demasiados

A purely visual mix-up. demandados ([d̪emãn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) and demasiados ([d̪emaˈsjað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demandados is recorded at frequency rank #27,182, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪emãn̪ˈd̪að̞os]. demasiados is at rank #7,136, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪emaˈsjað̞os].

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 34318, this pair ranks #192,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of demandados vs demasiados

Shared letters: ademos. Private to "demandados": n. Private to "demasiados": i.

"demandados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "demasiados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demandados ← ddemandados · deamndados · demadnados · demanaddos · demandaddos · demandadoss · demandadso · demandaods
  • demasiados ← ddemasiados · deamsiados · demaciados · demaisados · demasaidos · demasiaddos · demasiadoss · demasiadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "demandados" for "demasiados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪emãn̪ˈd̪að̞os] versus [d̪emaˈsjað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "demandados" vs "demasiados" - which ranks higher?
"demasiados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,136 in our Spanish list, against #27,182 for "demandados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "demandados" and "demasiados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demandados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demasiados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demandados" and "demasiados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandados vs demandaron". 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 #192,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list