disfrazadovsdisfrazadosTell them apart

Quick tell: disfrazado is a verb, disfrazados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“disfrazado” is a verb and “disfrazados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,677
“disfrazado” frequency rank
#19,702
“disfrazados” frequency rank
33379
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disfrazado disfrazados
Definition Participio de disfrazar. Forma del plural de disfrazado, participio de disfrazar.

Where the eye mixes disfrazado and disfrazados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. disfrazado runs 10 letters (CVCCCVCVCV) against disfrazados's 11 (CVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
disfrazado
11 ch
disfrazados

Look-alike desk: disfrazado vs disfrazados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: disfrazado is [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o] while disfrazados is [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “disfrazado” sits inside “disfrazados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disfrazado is recorded at frequency rank #13,677, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞o]. disfrazados is at rank #19,702, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪isfɾaˈsað̞os].

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 33379, this pair ranks #197,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disfrazado vs disfrazados

Shared letters: adfiorsz. Private to "disfrazado": -. Private to "disfrazados": -.

"disfrazado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV  ·  "disfrazados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disfrazado ← ddisfrazado · difsrazado · disfarzado · disffrazado · disfraazdo · disfrazaddo · disfrazaod · disfrazdao
  • disfrazados ← ddisfrazados · difsrazados · disfarzados · disffrazados · disfraazdos · disfrazaddos · disfrazadoss · disfrazadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disfrazado" and "disfrazados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "disfrazado" is a verb and "disfrazados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "disfrazado" vs "disfrazados" - which ranks higher?
"disfrazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,677 in our Spanish list, against #19,702 for "disfrazados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrazado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disfrazado" and "disfrazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfrazadas vs disfrazados". 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 #197,107 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