Which to use
“desarrollados” is a participle and “desarrollos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,393
- “desarrollados” frequency rank
- #13,222
- “desarrollos” frequency rank
- 19615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrollados | desarrollos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de desarrollado, participio de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Forma del plural de desarrollo. |
Where the eye mixes desarrollados and desarrollos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. desarrollados runs 13 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCVC) against desarrollos's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: desarrollados vs desarrollos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desarrollados is [d̪esaroˈʝað̞os] while desarrollos is [d̪esaˈroʝos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarrollados is recorded at frequency rank #6,393, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝað̞os]. desarrollos is at rank #13,222, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝos].
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 19615, this pair ranks #262,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrollados vs desarrollos
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrollados": -. Private to "desarrollos": -.
"desarrollados" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCVC · "desarrollos" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrollados ← ddesarrollados · deasrrollados · desarollados · desarorllados · desarrlolados · desarrolados · desarrolaldos · desarrolladdos
- desarrollos ← ddesarrollos · deasrrollos · desarollos · desarorllos · desarrlolos · desarrolloss · desarrollso · desarrolols
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrollados" and "desarrollos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrollen vs desarrollos". 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 #262,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.