depravadovsderramadoTell them apart

Quick tell: depravado is a adjective, derramado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“depravado” is an adjective and “derramado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,935
“depravado” frequency rank
#30,418
“derramado” frequency rank
79353
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature depravado derramado
Definition Se dice de alguien en un estado moral de deterioro; que tiene malas costumbres, vicioso actitudes malignas. Participio de derramar.

Where the eye mixes depravado and derramado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. depravado and derramado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
depravado
9 ch
derramado

Visual trap between depravado and derramado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: depravado is [d̪epɾaˈβ̞að̞o] while derramado is [d̪eraˈmað̞o]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

depravado is recorded at frequency rank #48,935, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪epɾaˈβ̞að̞o]. derramado is at rank #30,418, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eraˈmað̞o].

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 79353, this pair ranks #13,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of depravado vs derramado

Shared letters: adeor. Private to "depravado": pv. Private to "derramado": m.

"depravado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "derramado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • depravado ← ddepravado · deparvado · deppravado · depraavdo · deprabado · depravaddo · depravaod · depravdao
  • derramado ← dderramado · deramado · derarmado · derraamdo · derramaddo · derramaod · derramdao · derrammado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "depravado" and "derramado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "depravado" is an adjective and "derramado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "depravado" vs "derramado" - which ranks higher?
"derramado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,418 in our Spanish list, against #48,935 for "depravado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "depravado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "derramado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,121 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "depravado" and "derramado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degradado vs depravado". 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 #13,121 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