Which to use
“demasía” is a noun and “demasiado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,102
- “demasía” frequency rank
- #497
- “demasiado” frequency rank
- 44599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | demasía | demasiado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exceso. | Excesivo, sobrado. |
Where the eye mixes demasía and demasiado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. demasía runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against demasiado's 9 (CVCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses demasía with demasiado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: demasía is [d̪emaˈsia] while demasiado is [d̪emaˈsjað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
demasía is recorded at frequency rank #44,102, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪emaˈsia]. demasiado is at rank #497, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪emaˈsjað̞o].
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 44599, this pair ranks #136,170 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of demasía vs demasiado
Shared letters: adems. Private to "demasía": í. Private to "demasiado": io.
"demasía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "demasiado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- demasiado ← ddemasiado · deamsiado · demaciado · demaisado · demasaido · demasiaddo · demasiaod · demasidao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "demasía" and "demasiado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "demasía" vs "demasiado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "demasía" and "demasiado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "demasía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "demasiado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,170 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "demasía" and "demasiado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demasía vs desafía". 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 #136,170 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.