Which to use
“desgastado” and “disgustado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,157
- “desgastado” frequency rank
- #31,320
- “disgustado” frequency rank
- 70477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desgastado | disgustado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de desgastar. | Participio de disgustar. |
Where the eye mixes desgastado and disgustado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. desgastado and disgustado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between desgastado and disgustado
A purely visual mix-up. desgastado ([d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪að̞o]) and disgustado ([d̪isɣ̞usˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desgastado is recorded at frequency rank #39,157, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪að̞o]. disgustado is at rank #31,320, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isɣ̞usˈt̪að̞o].
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 70477, this pair ranks #29,615 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desgastado vs disgustado
Shared letters: adgost. Private to "desgastado": e. Private to "disgustado": iu.
"desgastado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV · "disgustado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- desgastado ← ddesgastado · degsastado · desagstado · desgasatdo · desgasstado · desgastaddo · desgastaod · desgastdao
- disgustado ← ddisgustado · digsustado · disggustado · disgsutado · disgusatdo · disgusstado · disgustaddo · disgustaod
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "desgastado" and "disgustado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "desgastado" or "disgustado"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "desgastado" and "disgustado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desgastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disgustado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,615 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desgastado" and "disgustado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desgarrado vs desgastado". 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 #29,615 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.