eliminadovseliminadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: eliminado is a verb, eliminados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

9 ch
eliminado
10 ch
eliminados

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

  • eliminadoeilminado · eliimnado · elimiando · eliminaddo · eliminaod · elimindao · eliminnado · elimminado
  • eliminadoseilminados · eliimnados · elimiandos · eliminaddos · eliminadoss · eliminadso · eliminaods · elimindaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eliminado" and "eliminados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eliminado" is a verb and "eliminados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "eliminado" vs "eliminados" - which ranks higher?
"eliminado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,300 in our Spanish list, against #14,829 for "eliminados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list