Which to use
“encendido” is a verb and “encendidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,287
- “encendido” frequency rank
- #33,107
- “encendidos” frequency rank
- 42394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encendido | encendidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de encender. | Forma del plural de encendido, participio de encender. |
Where the eye mixes encendido and encendidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. encendido runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against encendidos's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: encendido vs encendidos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encendido is [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] while encendidos is [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “encendido” sits inside “encendidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encendido is recorded at frequency rank #9,287, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. encendidos is at rank #33,107, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os].
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 42394, this pair ranks #148,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encendido vs encendidos
Shared letters: cdeino. Private to "encendido": -. Private to "encendidos": s.
"encendido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "encendidos" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encendido ← ecnendido · enccendido · encednido · encenddido · encenddio · encendiddo · encendiod · enceniddo
- encendidos ← ecnendidos · enccendidos · encednidos · encenddidos · encenddios · encendiddos · encendidoss · encendidso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encendido" and "encendidos" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "encendido" or "encendidos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "encendido" and "encendidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encendido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encendidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encendido" and "encendidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encendidos vs entendidas". 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 #148,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.