Which to use
“desarrollan” is a verb and “desarrollos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,414
- “desarrollan” frequency rank
- #13,222
- “desarrollos” frequency rank
- 20636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrollan | desarrollos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Forma del plural de desarrollo. |
Where the eye mixes desarrollan and desarrollos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. desarrollan and desarrollos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses desarrollan with desarrollos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desarrollan is [d̪esaˈroʝãn] while desarrollos is [d̪esaˈroʝos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarrollan is recorded at frequency rank #7,414, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝãn]. 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 20636, this pair ranks #258,446 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrollan vs desarrollos
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrollan": n. Private to "desarrollos": -.
"desarrollan" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC · "desarrollos" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrollan ← ddesarrollan · deasrrollan · desarollan · desarorllan · desarrlolan · desarrolaln · desarrolan · desarrollann
- desarrollos ← ddesarrollos · deasrrollos · desarollos · desarorllos · desarrlolos · desarrolloss · desarrollso · desarrolols
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desarrollan" for "desarrollos" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "desarrollan" or "desarrollos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "desarrollan" and "desarrollos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollan" 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 #258,446 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrollan" and "desarrollos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desarrollan 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 #258,446 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.