disparadovsdisparadosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: disparado is a adjective, disparados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“disparado” is an adjective and “disparados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,804
“disparado” frequency rank
#40,778
“disparados” frequency rank
53582
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disparado disparados
Definition disparado ¦ plural: disparados ¦ femenino: disparada ¦ femenino plural: disparadas Forma del plural de disparado, participio de disparar o de dispararse.

Where the eye mixes disparado and disparados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. disparado 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.

9 ch
disparado
10 ch
disparados

Look-alike desk: disparado vs disparados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: disparado is [d̪ispaˈɾað̞o] while disparados is [d̪ispaˈɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “disparado” sits inside “disparados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disparado is recorded at frequency rank #12,804, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪ispaˈɾað̞o]. 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 53582, this pair ranks #87,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disparado vs disparados

Shared letters: adioprs. Private to "disparado": -. Private to "disparados": -.

"disparado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "disparados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disparadoddisparado · dipsarado · disaprado · dispaardo · disparaddo · disparaod · dispardao · disparrado
  • disparadosddisparados · dipsarados · disaprados · dispaardos · disparaddos · disparadoss · disparadso · disparaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disparado" for "disparados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "disparado" is an adjective and "disparados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "disparado" or "disparados"?
"disparado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,804 in our Spanish list, against #40,778 for "disparados". 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 "disparado" and "disparados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disparado" 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 #87,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disparado" 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 #87,188 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