Which to use
“drogado” is an adjective and “drogados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,647
- “drogado” frequency rank
- #43,537
- “drogados” frequency rank
- 65184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | drogado | drogados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dice de quien está bajo los efectos de una droga. | Forma del plural de drogado, participio de drogar o de drogarse. |
Where the eye mixes drogado and drogados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between drogado and drogados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drogado is [d̪ɾoˈɣ̞að̞o] while drogados is [d̪ɾoˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “drogado” sits inside “drogados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
drogado is recorded at frequency rank #21,647, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪ɾoˈɣ̞að̞o]. drogados is at rank #43,537, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪ɾoˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 65184, this pair ranks #43,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of drogado vs drogados
Shared letters: adgor. Private to "drogado": -. Private to "drogados": s.
"drogado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "drogados" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "drogado" for "drogados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "drogado" or "drogados" 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 "drogado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drogados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "drogado" and "drogados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dragado vs drogados". 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 #43,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.