Which to use
“descargado” and “descargar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,656
- “descargado” frequency rank
- #4,780
- “descargar” frequency rank
- 27436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | descargado | descargar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de descargar. | Retirar o bajar la carga de un transporte. |
Where the eye mixes descargado and descargar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. descargado runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against descargar's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: descargado vs descargar
A purely visual mix-up. descargado ([d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]) and descargar ([d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
descargado is recorded at frequency rank #22,656, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]. descargar is at rank #4,780, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞aɾ].
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 27436, this pair ranks #226,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of descargado vs descargar
Shared letters: acdegrs. Private to "descargado": o. Private to "descargar": -.
"descargado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "descargar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- descargado ← ddescargado · decsargado · desacrgado · descagrado · descaragdo · descargaddo · descargaod · descargdao
- descargar ← ddescargar · decsargar · desacrgar · descagrar · descaragr · descargarr · descarggar · descargra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "descargado" and "descargar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "descargado" or "descargar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "descargado" and "descargar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "descargado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "descargar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "descargado" and "descargar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "descargado vs descartados". 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 #226,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.