drogadovsdrogasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: drogado is a adjective, drogas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“drogado” is an adjective and “drogas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,647
“drogado” frequency rank
#1,812
“drogas” frequency rank
23459
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature drogado drogas
Definition Se dice de quien está bajo los efectos de una droga. Forma del plural de droga.

Where the eye mixes drogado and drogas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
drogado
6 ch
drogas

Look-alike desk: drogado vs drogas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: drogado is [d̪ɾoˈɣ̞að̞o] while drogas is [ˈd̪ɾoɣ̞as]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23459, 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]. drogas is at rank #1,812, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪ɾoɣ̞as].

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 23459, this pair ranks #245,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of drogado vs drogas

Shared letters: adgor. Private to "drogado": -. Private to "drogas": s.

"drogado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "drogas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • drogadoddrogado · dorgado · drgoado · droagdo · drogaddo · drogaod · drogdao · droggado
  • drogasddrogas · dorgas · drgoas · droags · drogass · droggas · drogsa · drrogas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "drogado" for "drogas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "drogado" is an adjective and "drogas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "drogado" or "drogas"?
"drogas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,812 in our Spanish list, against #21,647 for "drogado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "drogado" and "drogas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "drogado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "drogas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #245,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "drogado" and "drogas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dragado vs drogado". 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 #245,714 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