desarrolladavsdesarrolladosConfusable pair

Which to use

“desarrollada” and “desarrollados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,843
“desarrollada” frequency rank
#6,393
“desarrollados” frequency rank
14236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature desarrollada desarrollados
Definition Forma del femenino de desarrollado, participio de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. Forma del plural de desarrollado, participio de desarrollar o de desarrollarse.

Where the eye mixes desarrollada and desarrollados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. desarrollada runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCV) against desarrollados's 13 (CVCVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
desarrollada
13 ch
desarrollados

Visual trap between desarrollada and desarrollados

A purely visual mix-up. desarrollada ([d̪esaroˈʝað̞a]) and desarrollados ([d̪esaroˈʝað̞os]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

desarrollada is recorded at frequency rank #7,843, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝað̞a]. desarrollados is at rank #6,393, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝað̞os].

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 14236, this pair ranks #284,921 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of desarrollada vs desarrollados

Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrollada": -. Private to "desarrollados": -.

"desarrollada" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV  ·  "desarrollados" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desarrollada ← ddesarrollada · deasrrollada · desarollada · desarorllada · desarrlolada · desarrolada · desarrolalda · desarrollaad
  • desarrollados ← ddesarrollados · deasrrollados · desarollados · desarorllados · desarrlolados · desarrolados · desarrolaldos · desarrolladdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "desarrollada" and "desarrollados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪esaroˈʝað̞a] versus [d̪esaroˈʝað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "desarrollada" vs "desarrollados" - which ranks higher?
"desarrollados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,393 in our Spanish list, against #7,843 for "desarrollada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "desarrollada" and "desarrollados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "desarrollada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "desarrollados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #284,921 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "desarrollada" and "desarrollados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrollada vs desarrollarán". 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 #284,921 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