Which to use
“echado” is an adjective and “echados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,373
- “echado” frequency rank
- #42,409
- “echados” frequency rank
- 50782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | echado | echados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Encargado de espiar o averiguar alguna cosa o para echar alguna especie. | Forma del plural de echado, participio de echar o de echarse. |
Where the eye mixes echado and echados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses echado with echados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: echado is [eˈt͡ʃað̞o] while echados is [eˈt͡ʃað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “echado” sits inside “echados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
echado is recorded at frequency rank #8,373, classified as anadj, pronounced [eˈt͡ʃað̞o]. echados is at rank #42,409, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eˈt͡ʃað̞os].
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 50782, this pair ranks #101,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of echado vs echados
Shared letters: acdeho. Private to "echado": -. Private to "echados": s.
"echado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "echados" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "echado" and "echados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "echado" vs "echados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "echado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "echados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "echado" and "echados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echados vs echemos". 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 #101,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.