Which to use
“descargado” is a verb and “descartados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,656
- “descargado” frequency rank
- #48,345
- “descartados” frequency rank
- 71001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | descargado | descartados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de descargar. | Forma del plural de descartado, participio de descartar o de descartarse. |
Where the eye mixes descargado and descartados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. descargado runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against descartados's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between descargado and descartados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: descargado is [d̪eskaɾˈɣ̞að̞o] while descartados is [d̪eskaɾˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71001, 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]. descartados is at rank #48,345, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eskaɾˈt̪að̞os].
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 71001, this pair ranks #28,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of descargado vs descartados
Shared letters: acdeors. Private to "descargado": g. Private to "descartados": t.
"descargado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "descartados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- descargado ← ddescargado · decsargado · desacrgado · descagrado · descaragdo · descargaddo · descargaod · descargdao
- descartados ← ddescartados · decsartados · desacrtados · descaratdos · descarrtados · descartaddos · descartadoss · descartadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "descargado" and "descartados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "descargado" vs "descartados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "descargado" and "descartados" 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 "descartados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "descargado" and "descartados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "descarados 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 #28,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.