Which to use
“descargado” is a verb and “descartada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,656
- “descargado” frequency rank
- #33,066
- “descartada” frequency rank
- 55722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | descargado | descartada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de descargar. | Forma del femenino de descartado, participio de descartar o de descartarse. |
Where the eye mixes descargado and descartada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. descargado and descartada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: descargado vs descartada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: descargado is [d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞að̞o] while descartada is [d̪eskaɾˈt̪að̞a]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55722, 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]. descartada is at rank #33,066, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eskaɾˈt̪að̞a].
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 55722, this pair ranks #77,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of descargado vs descartada
Shared letters: acders. Private to "descargado": go. Private to "descartada": t.
"descargado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "descartada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- descargado ← ddescargado · decsargado · desacrgado · descagrado · descaragdo · descargaddo · descargaod · descargdao
- descartada ← ddescartada · decsartada · desacrtada · descaratda · descarrtada · descartaad · descartadda · descartdaa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "descargado" for "descartada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "descargado" vs "descartada" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "descargado" and "descartada" 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 "descartada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "descargado" and "descartada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "descartada 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 #77,658 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.