Which to use
“desarmado” is an adjective and “desarmados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,604
- “desarmado” frequency rank
- #31,310
- “desarmados” frequency rank
- 56914
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarmado | desarmados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que no porta armas. | Forma del plural de desarmado, participio de desarmar. |
Where the eye mixes desarmado and desarmados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. desarmado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against desarmados's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: desarmado vs desarmados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desarmado is [d̪esaɾˈmað̞o] while desarmados is [d̪esaɾˈmað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “desarmado” sits inside “desarmados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarmado is recorded at frequency rank #25,604, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪esaɾˈmað̞o]. desarmados is at rank #31,310, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esaɾˈmað̞os].
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 56914, this pair ranks #72,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desarmado vs desarmados
Shared letters: ademors. Private to "desarmado": -. Private to "desarmados": -.
"desarmado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "desarmados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarmado ← ddesarmado · deasrmado · desamrado · desaramdo · desarmaddo · desarmaod · desarmdao · desarmmado
- desarmados ← ddesarmados · deasrmados · desamrados · desaramdos · desarmaddos · desarmadoss · desarmadso · desarmaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desarmado" for "desarmados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "desarmado" or "desarmados"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "desarmado" and "desarmados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarmado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desarmados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarmado" and "desarmados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarmados vs descartados". 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 #72,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.