desarrolladasvsdesarrolladosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,554
“desarrolladas” frequency rank
#6,393
“desarrollados” frequency rank
17947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes desarrolladas and desarrollados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. desarrolladas and desarrollados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
desarrolladas
13 ch
desarrollados

Why the eye confuses desarrolladas with desarrollados

A purely visual mix-up. desarrolladas ([d̪esaroˈʝað̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “desarrolladas” becomes o in “desarrollados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17947, 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]. 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 17947, this pair ranks #269,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of desarrolladas vs desarrollados

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

"desarrolladas" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVC  ·  "desarrollados" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desarrolladas ← ddesarrolladas · deasrrolladas · desarolladas · desarorlladas · desarrloladas · desarroladas · desarrolaldas · desarrollaads
  • desarrollados ← ddesarrollados · deasrrollados · desarollados · desarorllados · desarrlolados · desarrolados · desarrolaldos · desarrolladdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "desarrolladas" for "desarrollados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪esaroˈʝað̞as] versus [d̪esaroˈʝað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "desarrolladas" or "desarrollados" show up more?
"desarrollados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,393 in our Spanish list, against #11,554 for "desarrolladas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "desarrolladas" 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 #269,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "desarrolladas" and "desarrollados" 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 #269,961 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