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“disgusta” and “disgustado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,336
“disgusta” frequency rank
#31,320
“disgustado” frequency rank
59656
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disgusta disgustado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disgustar. Participio de disgustar.

Where the eye mixes disgusta and disgustado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disgusta runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against disgustado's 10 (CVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
disgusta
10 ch
disgustado

Visual trap between disgusta and disgustado

A purely visual mix-up. disgusta ([d̪isˈɣ̞ust̪a]) and disgustado ([d̪isɣ̞usˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “disgusta” sits inside “disgustado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disgusta is recorded at frequency rank #28,336, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈɣ̞ust̪a]. disgustado is at rank #31,320, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isɣ̞usˈt̪að̞o].

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 59656, this pair ranks #61,832 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of disgusta vs disgustado

Shared letters: adgistu. Private to "disgusta": -. Private to "disgustado": o.

"disgusta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "disgustado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disgustaddisgusta · digsusta · disggusta · disgsuta · disgusat · disgussta · disgustta · disgutsa
  • disgustadoddisgustado · digsustado · disggustado · disgsutado · disgusatdo · disgusstado · disgustaddo · disgustaod

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "disgusta" and "disgustado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈɣ̞ust̪a] versus [d̪isɣ̞usˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "disgusta" or "disgustado" show up more?
"disgusta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,336 in our Spanish list, against #31,320 for "disgustado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "disgusta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disgustado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,832 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disgusta" and "disgustado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desgastado vs disgustado". 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 #61,832 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