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

#34,982
“desplazadas” frequency rank
#16,075
“desplazados” frequency rank
51057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature desplazadas desplazados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de desplazado, participio de desplazar o de desplazarse. Forma del plural de desplazado, participio de desplazar o de desplazarse.

Where the eye mixes desplazadas and desplazados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desplazadas and desplazados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
desplazadas
11 ch
desplazados

Look-alike desk: desplazadas vs desplazados

A purely visual mix-up. desplazadas ([d̪esplaˈsað̞as]) and desplazados ([d̪esplaˈsað̞os]) 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 “desplazadas” becomes o in “desplazados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

desplazadas is recorded at frequency rank #34,982, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esplaˈsað̞as]. desplazados is at rank #16,075, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪esplaˈsað̞os].

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 51057, this pair ranks #99,894 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of desplazadas vs desplazados

Shared letters: adelpsz. Private to "desplazadas": -. Private to "desplazados": o.

"desplazadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC  ·  "desplazados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desplazadas ← ddesplazadas · depslazadas · deslpazadas · despalzadas · desplaazdas · desplazaads · desplazadass · desplazaddas
  • desplazados ← ddesplazados · depslazados · deslpazados · despalzados · desplaazdos · desplazaddos · desplazadoss · desplazadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "desplazadas" for "desplazados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪esplaˈsað̞as] versus [d̪esplaˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "desplazadas" vs "desplazados" - which ranks higher?
"desplazados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,075 in our Spanish list, against #34,982 for "desplazadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "desplazadas" and "desplazados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "desplazadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "desplazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,894 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "desplazadas" and "desplazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desplazadas vs desplegadas". 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 #99,894 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