Which to use
“divertidos” is a participle and “divertimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,892
- “divertidos” frequency rank
- #48,361
- “divertimos” frequency rank
- 62253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divertidos | divertimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de divertido, participio de divertir o de divertirse. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de divertir o de divertirse. |
Where the eye mixes divertidos and divertimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. divertidos and divertimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: divertidos vs divertimos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: divertidos is [d̪iβ̞eɾˈt̪ið̞os] while divertimos is [d̪iβ̞eɾˈt̪imos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “divertidos” becomes m in “divertimos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divertidos is recorded at frequency rank #13,892, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iβ̞eɾˈt̪ið̞os]. divertimos is at rank #48,361, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞eɾˈt̪imos].
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 62253, this pair ranks #52,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of divertidos vs divertimos
Shared letters: deiorstv. Private to "divertidos": -. Private to "divertimos": m.
"divertidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "divertimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- divertidos ← ddivertidos · dibertidos · dievrtidos · diveritdos · diverrtidos · divertdios · divertiddos · divertidoss
- divertimos ← ddivertimos · dibertimos · dievrtimos · diveritmos · diverrtimos · divertimmos · divertimoss · divertimso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "divertidos" for "divertimos" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "divertidos" or "divertimos" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "divertidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divertimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divertidos" and "divertimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divertidas vs divertimos". 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 #52,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.