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.
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?
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Useful next steps
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- 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.