Which to use
“desarrollo” and “desarrollos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #326
- “desarrollo” frequency rank
- #13,222
- “desarrollos” frequency rank
- 13548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desarrollo | desarrollos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. | Forma del plural de desarrollo. |
Where the eye mixes desarrollo and desarrollos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desarrollo runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against desarrollos's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between desarrollo and desarrollos
A purely visual mix-up. desarrollo ([d̪esaˈroʝo]) and desarrollos ([d̪esaˈroʝos]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “desarrollo” sits inside “desarrollos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desarrollo is recorded at frequency rank #326, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝo]. 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 13548, this pair ranks #287,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of desarrollo vs desarrollos
Shared letters: adelors. Private to "desarrollo": -. Private to "desarrollos": -.
"desarrollo" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "desarrollos" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desarrollo ← ddesarrollo · deasrrollo · desarollo · desarorllo · desarrlolo · desarrolo · desarrolol · desrarollo
- desarrollos ← ddesarrollos · deasrrollos · desarollos · desarorllos · desarrlolos · desarrolloss · desarrollso · desarrolols
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desarrollo" for "desarrollos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "desarrollo" or "desarrollos"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "desarrollo" 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 #287,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desarrollo" 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 #287,450 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.