Which to use
“desplegadas” and “desplegados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,028
- “desplegadas” frequency rank
- #27,955
- “desplegados” frequency rank
- 64983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desplegadas | desplegados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar. | Forma del plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar. |
Where the eye mixes desplegadas and desplegados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desplegadas and desplegados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between desplegadas and desplegados
A purely visual mix-up. desplegadas ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as]) and desplegados ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 “desplegadas” becomes o in “desplegados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desplegadas is recorded at frequency rank #37,028, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞as]. desplegados is at rank #27,955, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 64983, this pair ranks #43,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desplegadas vs desplegados
Shared letters: adeglps. Private to "desplegadas": -. Private to "desplegados": o.
"desplegadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "desplegados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desplegadas ← ddesplegadas · depslegadas · deslpegadas · despelgadas · despleagdas · desplegaads · desplegadass · desplegaddas
- desplegados ← ddesplegados · depslegados · deslpegados · despelgados · despleagdos · desplegaddos · desplegadoss · desplegadso
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desplegadas" and "desplegados" 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 #43,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.