dibujadovsdibujoTell them apart

Quick tell: dibujado is a verb, dibujo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dibujado” is a verb and “dibujo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,637
“dibujado” frequency rank
#3,244
“dibujo” frequency rank
24881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dibujado dibujo
Definition Participio de dibujar. Arte que enseña a dibujar.

Where the eye mixes dibujado and dibujo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dibujado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dibujo's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
dibujado
6 ch
dibujo

Look-alike desk: dibujado vs dibujo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dibujado is [d̪iβ̞uˈxað̞o] while dibujo is [d̪iˈβ̞uxo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dibujado is recorded at frequency rank #21,637, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞uˈxað̞o]. dibujo is at rank #3,244, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞uxo].

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 24881, this pair ranks #239,063 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dibujado vs dibujo

Shared letters: bdijou. Private to "dibujado": a. Private to "dibujo": -.

"dibujado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "dibujo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dibujado ← dbiujado · ddibujado · dibbujado · dibjuado · dibuajdo · dibujaddo · dibujaod · dibujdao
  • dibujo ← dbiujo · ddibujo · dibbujo · dibjuo · dibujjo · dibuoj · diubjo · divujo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dibujado" and "dibujo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dibujado" is a verb and "dibujo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dibujado" vs "dibujo" - which ranks higher?
"dibujo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,244 in our Spanish list, against #21,637 for "dibujado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,063 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dibujado" and "dibujo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dibujado vs dibujados". 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 #239,063 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