Which to use
“desplegado” is a verb and “desplegados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,979
- “desplegado” frequency rank
- #27,955
- “desplegados” frequency rank
- 49934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desplegado | desplegados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de desplegar. | Forma del plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar. |
Where the eye mixes desplegado and desplegados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. desplegado runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against desplegados's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: desplegado vs desplegados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desplegado is [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞o] while desplegados is [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “desplegado” sits inside “desplegados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desplegado is recorded at frequency rank #21,979, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞o]. 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 49934, this pair ranks #106,031 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of desplegado vs desplegados
Shared letters: adeglops. Private to "desplegado": -. Private to "desplegados": -.
"desplegado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV · "desplegados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desplegado ← ddesplegado · depslegado · deslpegado · despelgado · despleagdo · desplegaddo · desplegaod · desplegdao
- desplegados ← ddesplegados · depslegados · deslpegados · despelgados · despleagdos · desplegaddos · desplegadoss · desplegadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desplegado" for "desplegados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "desplegado" or "desplegados"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegado" 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 #106,031 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desplegado" and "desplegados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despejados vs desplegados". 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 #106,031 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.