Which to use
“desarrolla” and “desarrollado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,153
- “desarrolla” frequency rank
- #3,045
- “desarrollado” frequency rank
- 7198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrolla | desarrollado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Participio de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. |
Where the eye mixes desarrolla and desarrollado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: desarrolla vs desarrollado
A purely visual mix-up. desarrolla ([d̪esaˈroʝa]) and desarrollado ([d̪esaroˈʝað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “desarrolla” sits inside “desarrollado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarrolla is recorded at frequency rank #4,153, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝa]. desarrollado is at rank #3,045, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝað̞o].
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 7198, this pair ranks #308,679 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrolla vs desarrollado
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrolla": -. Private to "desarrollado": -.
"desarrolla" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "desarrollado" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrolla ← ddesarrolla · deasrrolla · desarolla · desarorlla · desarrlola · desarrola · desarrolal · desrarolla
- desarrollado ← ddesarrollado · deasrrollado · desarollado · desarorllado · desarrlolado · desarrolado · desarrolaldo · desarrolladdo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desarrolla" for "desarrollado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "desarrolla" or "desarrollado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "desarrolla" and "desarrollado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrolla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,679 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrolla" and "desarrollado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrolla vs desarrollará". 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 #308,679 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.