Which to use
“diputado” is a noun and “disputado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,204
- “diputado” frequency rank
- #16,822
- “disputado” frequency rank
- 19026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diputado | disputado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Persona integrante de un parlamento o de una cámara de diputados. Represantan la soberanía popular. Tienen la responsabilidad de ser los representantes del pueblo y son elegidos por el voto libre y secreto de los ciudadanos. | Participio de disputar. |
Where the eye mixes diputado and disputado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. diputado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against disputado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: diputado vs disputado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: diputado is [d̪ipuˈt̪að̞o] while disputado is [d̪ispuˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diputado is recorded at frequency rank #2,204, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪ipuˈt̪að̞o]. disputado is at rank #16,822, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪ispuˈt̪að̞o].
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 19026, this pair ranks #265,494 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of diputado vs disputado
Shared letters: adioptu. Private to "diputado": -. Private to "disputado": s.
"diputado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "disputado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "diputado" for "disputado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "diputado" or "disputado"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "diputado" and "disputado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "diputado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disputado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,494 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diputado" and "disputado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disputado vs disputaron". 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 #265,494 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.