Which to use
“desplazadas” and “desplegadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,982
- “desplazadas” frequency rank
- #37,028
- “desplegadas” frequency rank
- 72010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desplazadas | desplegadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de desplazado, participio de desplazar o de desplazarse. | Forma del femenino plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar. |
Where the eye mixes desplazadas and desplegadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. desplazadas and desplegadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between desplazadas and desplegadas
A purely visual mix-up. desplazadas ([d̪esplaˈsað̞as]) and desplegadas ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as]) 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 72010, 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]. desplegadas is at rank #37,028, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as].
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 72010, this pair ranks #26,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desplazadas vs desplegadas
Shared letters: adelps. Private to "desplazadas": z. Private to "desplegadas": g.
"desplazadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "desplegadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desplazadas ← ddesplazadas · depslazadas · deslpazadas · despalzadas · desplaazdas · desplazaads · desplazadass · desplazaddas
- desplegadas ← ddesplegadas · depslegadas · deslpegadas · despelgadas · despleagdas · desplegaads · desplegadass · desplegaddas
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "desplazadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desplazadas" and "desplegadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delegadas 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 #26,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.