descritasvsdescritosTell them apart

Which to use

“descritas” and “descritos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,789
“descritas” frequency rank
#16,555
“descritos” frequency rank
35344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature descritas descritos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de descrito, participio irregular de describir. Forma del plural de descrito, participio irregular de describir.

Where the eye mixes descritas and descritos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. descritas and descritos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
descritas
9 ch
descritos

Look-alike desk: descritas vs descritos

A purely visual mix-up. descritas ([d̪esˈkɾit̪as]) and descritos ([d̪esˈkɾit̪os]) 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 a single letter - a in “descritas” becomes o in “descritos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

descritas is recorded at frequency rank #18,789, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esˈkɾit̪as]. descritos is at rank #16,555, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esˈkɾit̪os].

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 35344, this pair ranks #186,599 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of descritas vs descritos

Shared letters: cdeirst. Private to "descritas": a. Private to "descritos": o.

"descritas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "descritos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • descritas ← ddescritas · decsritas · desccritas · descirtas · descriats · descritass · descritsa · descrittas
  • descritos ← ddescritos · decsritos · desccritos · descirtos · descriots · descritoss · descritso · descrittos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "descritas" and "descritos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪esˈkɾit̪as] versus [d̪esˈkɾit̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "descritas" or "descritos" show up more?
"descritos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,555 in our Spanish list, against #18,789 for "descritas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "descritas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "descritos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,599 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "descritas" and "descritos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "describes vs descritas". 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 #186,599 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list