Which to use
“desplegados” is a participle and “desplegaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,955
- “desplegados” frequency rank
- #42,392
- “desplegaron” frequency rank
- 70347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desplegados | desplegaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de desplegado, participio de desplegar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de desplegar. |
Where the eye mixes desplegados and desplegaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. desplegados and desplegaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: desplegados vs desplegaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: desplegados is [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞os] while desplegaron is [d̪espleˈɣ̞aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desplegados is recorded at frequency rank #27,955, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞os]. desplegaron is at rank #42,392, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞aɾõn].
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 70347, this pair ranks #29,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desplegados vs desplegaron
Shared letters: adeglops. Private to "desplegados": -. Private to "desplegaron": nr.
"desplegados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC · "desplegaron" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desplegados ← ddesplegados · depslegados · deslpegados · despelgados · despleagdos · desplegaddos · desplegadoss · desplegadso
- desplegaron ← ddesplegaron · depslegaron · deslpegaron · despelgaron · despleagron · desplegaorn · desplegarno · desplegaronn
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "desplegados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desplegados" and "desplegaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desplazaron vs desplegaron". 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 #29,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.