Which to use
“desarrolla” is a verb and “desarrollo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,153
- “desarrolla” frequency rank
- #326
- “desarrollo” frequency rank
- 4479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrolla | desarrollo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Acción o efecto de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. |
Where the eye mixes desarrolla and desarrollo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. desarrolla and desarrollo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: desarrolla vs desarrollo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desarrolla is [d̪esaˈroʝa] while desarrollo is [d̪esaˈroʝo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “desarrolla” becomes o in “desarrollo”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4479, 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]. desarrollo is at rank #326, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝo].
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 4479, this pair ranks #315,996 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrolla vs desarrollo
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrolla": -. Private to "desarrollo": -.
"desarrolla" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "desarrollo" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrolla ← ddesarrolla · deasrrolla · desarolla · desarorlla · desarrlola · desarrola · desarrolal · desrarolla
- desarrollo ← ddesarrollo · deasrrollo · desarollo · desarorllo · desarrlolo · desarrolo · desarrolol · desrarollo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "desarrolla" and "desarrollo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "desarrolla" vs "desarrollo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "desarrolla" and "desarrollo" 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 "desarrollo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,996 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrolla" and "desarrollo" 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 #315,996 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.