depositadosvsdepositaronTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#28,323
“depositados” frequency rank
#39,150
“depositaron” frequency rank
67473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature depositados depositaron
Definition Forma del plural de depositado, participio de depositar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de depositar.

Where the eye mixes depositados and depositaron

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

11 ch
depositados
11 ch
depositaron

Why the eye confuses depositados with depositaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: depositados is [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞os] while depositaron is [d̪eposiˈt̪aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

depositados is recorded at frequency rank #28,323, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eposiˈt̪að̞os]. depositaron is at rank #39,150, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eposiˈt̪aɾõn].

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 67473, this pair ranks #37,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of depositados vs depositaron

Shared letters: adeiopst. Private to "depositados": -. Private to "depositaron": nr.

"depositados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "depositaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • depositados ← ddepositados · deopsitados · depocitados · depoistados · deposiatdos · depositaddos · depositadoss · depositadso
  • depositaron ← ddepositaron · deopsitaron · depocitaron · depoistaron · deposiatron · depositaorn · depositarno · depositaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "depositados" and "depositaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "depositados" is a participle and "depositaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "depositados" or "depositaron"?
"depositados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,323 in our Spanish list, against #39,150 for "depositaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "depositados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "depositaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "depositados" and "depositaron" 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 #37,015 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