Which to use
“deportado” is a verb and “deportados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,589
- “deportado” frequency rank
- #23,376
- “deportados” frequency rank
- 52965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deportado | deportados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de deportar. | Forma del plural de deportado, participio de deportar. |
Where the eye mixes deportado and deportados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. deportado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against deportados's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between deportado and deportados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: deportado is [d̪epoɾˈt̪að̞o] while deportados is [d̪epoɾˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “deportado” sits inside “deportados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deportado is recorded at frequency rank #29,589, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪epoɾˈt̪að̞o]. deportados is at rank #23,376, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪epoɾˈt̪að̞os].
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 52965, this pair ranks #90,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deportado vs deportados
Shared letters: adeoprt. Private to "deportado": -. Private to "deportados": s.
"deportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "deportados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deportado ← ddeportado · deoprtado · deporatdo · deporrtado · deportaddo · deportaod · deportdao · deporttado
- deportados ← ddeportados · deoprtados · deporatdos · deporrtados · deportaddos · deportadoss · deportadso · deportaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "deportado" and "deportados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "deportado" or "deportados"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "deportado" and "deportados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "deportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deportados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deportado" and "deportados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deportado vs devorado". 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 #90,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.