Which to use
“encuestados” is a participle and “encuestas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,239
- “encuestados” frequency rank
- #4,705
- “encuestas” frequency rank
- 22944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encuestados | encuestas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de encuestado, participio de encuestar. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de encuestar. |
Where the eye mixes encuestados and encuestas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. encuestados runs 11 letters (VCCVVCCVCVC) against encuestas's 9 (VCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between encuestados and encuestas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encuestados is [ẽŋkwesˈt̪að̞os] while encuestas is [ẽŋˈkwest̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encuestados is recorded at frequency rank #18,239, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkwesˈt̪að̞os]. encuestas is at rank #4,705, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈkwest̪as].
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 22944, this pair ranks #248,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of encuestados vs encuestas
Shared letters: acenstu. Private to "encuestados": do. Private to "encuestas": -.
"encuestados" · 11 letters · shape VCCVVCCVCVC · "encuestas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encuestados ← ecnuestados · enccuestados · enceustados · encuesatdos · encuesstados · encuestaddos · encuestadoss · encuestadso
- encuestas ← ecnuestas · enccuestas · enceustas · encuesats · encuesstas · encuestass · encuestsa · encuesttas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encuestados" and "encuestas" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "encuestados" or "encuestas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "encuestados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encuestas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encuestados" and "encuestas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encuestas vs envueltas". 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 #248,045 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.