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

#7,292
“demasiadas” frequency rank
#7,136
“demasiados” frequency rank
14428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature demasiadas demasiados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de demasiado, participio de demasiarse. Forma del plural de demasiado, participio de demasiarse.

Where the eye mixes demasiadas and demasiados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. demasiadas and demasiados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Why the eye confuses demasiadas with demasiados

A purely visual mix-up. demasiadas ([d̪emaˈsjað̞as]) 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 differ by a single letter - a in “demasiadas” becomes o in “demasiados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

demasiadas is recorded at frequency rank #7,292, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪emaˈsjað̞as]. 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 14428, this pair ranks #284,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of demasiadas vs demasiados

Shared letters: adeims. Private to "demasiadas": -. Private to "demasiados": o.

"demasiadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC  ·  "demasiados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demasiadas ← ddemasiadas · deamsiadas · demaciadas · demaisadas · demasaidas · demasiaads · demasiadass · demasiaddas
  • demasiados ← ddemasiados · deamsiados · demaciados · demaisados · demasaidos · demasiaddos · demasiadoss · demasiadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "demasiadas" and "demasiados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪emaˈsjað̞as] versus [d̪emaˈsjað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "demasiadas" or "demasiados" show up more?
"demasiados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,136 in our Spanish list, against #7,292 for "demasiadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "demasiadas" 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 #284,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "demasiadas" and "demasiados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demandados vs demasiados". 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 #284,145 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