Which to use
“dirigido” is a verb and “dirigidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,770
- “dirigido” frequency rank
- #7,011
- “dirigidos” frequency rank
- 9781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dirigido | dirigidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de dirigir. | Forma del plural de dirigido, participio de dirigir. |
Where the eye mixes dirigido and dirigidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. dirigido runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against dirigidos's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dirigido vs dirigidos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dirigido is [d̪iɾiˈxið̞o] while dirigidos is [d̪iɾiˈxið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dirigido” sits inside “dirigidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dirigido is recorded at frequency rank #2,770, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iɾiˈxið̞o]. dirigidos is at rank #7,011, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iɾiˈxið̞os].
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 9781, this pair ranks #300,838 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dirigido vs dirigidos
Shared letters: dgior. Private to "dirigido": -. Private to "dirigidos": s.
"dirigido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "dirigidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dirigido" and "dirigidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dirigido" or "dirigidos" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dirigido" and "dirigidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dirigido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dirigidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,838 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dirigido" and "dirigidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimitido vs dirigido". 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 #300,838 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.