Which to use
“echado” is an adjective and “estado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,373
- “echado” frequency rank
- #95
- “estado” frequency rank
- 8468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | echado | estado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Encargado de espiar o averiguar alguna cosa o para echar alguna especie. | Situación en que está una persona o una cosa, y en especial cada uno de los sucesivos modos de ser de una persona o cosa sujeta a cambios que influyen en su condición. |
Where the eye mixes echado and estado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: echado vs estado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: echado is [eˈt͡ʃað̞o] while estado is [esˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8468, 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]. estado is at rank #95, tagged as anoun, pronounced [esˈt̪að̞o].
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 8468, this pair ranks #304,902 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of echado vs estado
Shared letters: adeo. Private to "echado": ch. Private to "estado": st.
"echado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "estado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "echado" and "estado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "echado" vs "estado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "echado" and "estado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "echado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "estado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,902 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "echado" and "estado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echado vs echados". 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 #304,902 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.