dibujadosvsdibujosTell them apart

Quick tell: dibujados is a participle, dibujos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dibujados” is a participle and “dibujos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,118
“dibujados” frequency rank
#4,002
“dibujos” frequency rank
48120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dibujados dibujos
Definition Forma del plural de dibujado, participio de dibujar. Forma del plural de dibujo.

Where the eye mixes dibujados and dibujos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dibujados runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against dibujos's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
dibujados
7 ch
dibujos

Visual trap between dibujados and dibujos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dibujados is [d̪iβ̞uˈxað̞os] while dibujos is [d̪iˈβ̞uxos]. 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 (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dibujados is recorded at frequency rank #44,118, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iβ̞uˈxað̞os]. dibujos is at rank #4,002, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞uxos].

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 48120, this pair ranks #116,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dibujados vs dibujos

Shared letters: bdijosu. Private to "dibujados": a. Private to "dibujos": -.

"dibujados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "dibujos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dibujados ← dbiujados · ddibujados · dibbujados · dibjuados · dibuajdos · dibujaddos · dibujadoss · dibujadso
  • dibujos ← dbiujos · ddibujos · dibbujos · dibjuos · dibujjos · dibujoss · dibujso · dibuojs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dibujados" and "dibujos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dibujados" is a participle and "dibujos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dibujados" or "dibujos"?
"dibujos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,002 in our Spanish list, against #44,118 for "dibujados". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "dibujados" and "dibujos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dibujados" and "dibujos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dibujada 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 #116,234 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