Which to use
“eliminado” is a verb and “eliminados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,300
- “eliminado” frequency rank
- #14,829
- “eliminados” frequency rank
- 22129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | eliminado | eliminados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de eliminar o de eliminarse. | Forma del plural de eliminado, participio de eliminar o de eliminarse. |
Where the eye mixes eliminado and eliminados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. eliminado runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against eliminados's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between eliminado and eliminados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: eliminado is [elimiˈnað̞o] while eliminados is [elimiˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “eliminado” sits inside “eliminados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
eliminado is recorded at frequency rank #7,300, classified as averb, pronounced [elimiˈnað̞o]. eliminados is at rank #14,829, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [elimiˈnað̞os].
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 22129, this pair ranks #251,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of eliminado vs eliminados
Shared letters: adeilmno. Private to "eliminado": -. Private to "eliminados": s.
"eliminado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV · "eliminados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eliminado ← eilminado · eliimnado · elimiando · eliminaddo · eliminaod · elimindao · eliminnado · elimminado
- eliminados ← eilminados · eliimnados · elimiandos · eliminaddos · eliminadoss · eliminadso · eliminaods · elimindaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "eliminado" and "eliminados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "eliminado" vs "eliminados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "eliminado" and "eliminados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "eliminado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eliminados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "eliminado" and "eliminados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eliminados vs eliminamos". 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 #251,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.