Which to use
“disparada” is a noun and “disparados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,064
- “disparada” frequency rank
- #40,778
- “disparados” frequency rank
- 78842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disparada | disparados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | La dispersión de un ganado que echa a correr de repente en varias direcciones. | Forma del plural de disparado, participio de disparar o de dispararse. |
Where the eye mixes disparada and disparados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disparada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against disparados's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: disparada vs disparados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: disparada is [d̪ispaˈɾað̞a] while disparados is [d̪ispaˈɾað̞os]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disparada is recorded at frequency rank #38,064, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪ispaˈɾað̞a]. disparados is at rank #40,778, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ispaˈɾað̞os].
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 78842, this pair ranks #13,864 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of disparada vs disparados
Shared letters: adiprs. Private to "disparada": -. Private to "disparados": o.
"disparada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "disparados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disparada ← ddisparada · dipsarada · disaprada · dispaarda · disparaad · disparadda · dispardaa · disparrada
- disparados ← ddisparados · dipsarados · disaprados · dispaardos · disparaddos · disparadoss · disparadso · disparaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "disparada" and "disparados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "disparada" or "disparados" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "disparada" and "disparados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "disparada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disparados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,864 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disparada" and "disparados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "descarados vs disparados". 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 #13,864 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.