Which to use
“divorciado” is a verb and “divorciados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,880
- “divorciado” frequency rank
- #33,090
- “divorciados” frequency rank
- 63970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divorciado | divorciados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de divorciar. | Forma del plural de divorciado, participio de divorciar. |
Where the eye mixes divorciado and divorciados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. divorciado runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVVCV) against divorciados's 11 (CVCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses divorciado with divorciados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: divorciado is [d̪iβ̞oɾˈsjað̞o] while divorciados is [d̪iβ̞oɾˈsjað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “divorciado” sits inside “divorciados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divorciado is recorded at frequency rank #30,880, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iβ̞oɾˈsjað̞o]. divorciados is at rank #33,090, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪iβ̞oɾˈsjað̞os].
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 63970, this pair ranks #47,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of divorciado vs divorciados
Shared letters: acdiorv. Private to "divorciado": -. Private to "divorciados": s.
"divorciado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV · "divorciados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- divorciado ← ddivorciado · diborciado · diovrciado · divocriado · divorcaido · divorcciado · divorciaddo · divorciaod
- divorciados ← ddivorciados · diborciados · diovrciados · divocriados · divorcaidos · divorcciados · divorciaddos · divorciadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "divorciado" and "divorciados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "divorciado" vs "divorciados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "divorciado" and "divorciados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "divorciado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divorciados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divorciado" and "divorciados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divorciados vs divorciaron". 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 #47,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.