Which to use
“desconectado” is a verb and “desconectados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,297
- “desconectado” frequency rank
- #42,387
- “desconectados” frequency rank
- 63684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desconectado | desconectados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de desconectar. | Forma del plural de desconectado, participio de desconectar. |
Where the eye mixes desconectado and desconectados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: desconectado vs desconectados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desconectado is [d̪eskonekˈt̪að̞o] while desconectados is [d̪eskonekˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “desconectado” sits inside “desconectados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desconectado is recorded at frequency rank #21,297, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eskonekˈt̪að̞o]. desconectados is at rank #42,387, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eskonekˈt̪að̞os].
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 63684, this pair ranks #47,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desconectado vs desconectados
Shared letters: acdenost. Private to "desconectado": -. Private to "desconectados": -.
"desconectado" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVCV · "desconectados" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desconectado ← ddesconectado · decsonectado · descconectado · descnoectado · descoenctado · desconcetado · desconecatdo · desconecctado
- desconectados ← ddesconectados · decsonectados · descconectados · descnoectados · descoenctados · desconcetados · desconecatdos · desconecctados
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desconectado" for "desconectados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "desconectado" or "desconectados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "desconectado" and "desconectados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desconectado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desconectados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desconectado" and "desconectados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desconectada vs desconectados". 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 #47,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.