depositadovsdepositadosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: depositado is a verb, depositados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“depositado” is a verb and “depositados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,952
“depositado” frequency rank
#28,323
“depositados” frequency rank
49275
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature depositado depositados
Definition Participio de depositar. Forma del plural de depositado, participio de depositar.

Where the eye mixes depositado and depositados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. depositado runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against depositados's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
depositado
11 ch
depositados

Why the eye confuses depositado with depositados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: depositado is [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞o] while depositados is [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “depositado” sits inside “depositados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

depositado is recorded at frequency rank #20,952, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞o]. depositados is at rank #28,323, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞os].

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 49275, this pair ranks #109,751 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of depositado vs depositados

Shared letters: adeiopst. Private to "depositado": -. Private to "depositados": -.

"depositado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "depositados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • depositado ← ddepositado · deopsitado · depocitado · depoistado · deposiatdo · depositaddo · depositaod · depositdao
  • depositados ← ddepositados · deopsitados · depocitados · depoistados · deposiatdos · depositaddos · depositadoss · depositadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "depositado" and "depositados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "depositado" is a verb and "depositados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "depositado" vs "depositados" - which ranks higher?
"depositado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,952 in our Spanish list, against #28,323 for "depositados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "depositado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "depositados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #109,751 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "depositado" and "depositados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depositadas vs depositados". 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 #109,751 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