Which to use
“desarrolladas” is a participle and “desarrollado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,554
- “desarrolladas” frequency rank
- #3,045
- “desarrollado” frequency rank
- 14599
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrolladas | desarrollado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de desarrollado, participio de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Participio de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. |
Where the eye mixes desarrolladas and desarrollado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. desarrolladas runs 13 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCVC) against desarrollado's 12 (CVCVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between desarrolladas and desarrollado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desarrolladas is [d̪esaroˈʝað̞as] while desarrollado is [d̪esaroˈʝað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarrolladas is recorded at frequency rank #11,554, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝað̞as]. 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 14599, this pair ranks #283,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrolladas vs desarrollado
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrolladas": -. Private to "desarrollado": -.
"desarrolladas" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVC · "desarrollado" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrolladas ← ddesarrolladas · deasrrolladas · desarolladas · desarorlladas · desarrloladas · desarroladas · desarrolaldas · desarrollaads
- desarrollado ← ddesarrollado · deasrrollado · desarollado · desarorllado · desarrlolado · desarrolado · desarrolaldo · desarrolladdo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desarrolladas" for "desarrollado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "desarrolladas" or "desarrollado"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "desarrolladas" and "desarrollado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrolladas" 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 #283,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrolladas" and "desarrollado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrolladas 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 #283,483 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.