escuchadvsescuchadoConfusable pair

Which to use

“escuchad” and “escuchado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,382
“escuchad” frequency rank
#2,881
“escuchado” frequency rank
51263
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature escuchad escuchado
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de escuchar. Participio de escuchar.

Where the eye mixes escuchad and escuchado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. escuchad runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against escuchado's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
escuchad
9 ch
escuchado

Visual trap between escuchad and escuchado

A purely visual mix-up. escuchad ([eskuˈt͡ʃað̞]) and escuchado ([eskuˈt͡ʃað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “escuchad” sits inside “escuchado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

escuchad is recorded at frequency rank #48,382, classified as averb, pronounced [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞]. escuchado is at rank #2,881, tagged as averb, pronounced [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞o].

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 51263, this pair ranks #98,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of escuchad vs escuchado

Shared letters: acdehsu. Private to "escuchad": -. Private to "escuchado": o.

"escuchad" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "escuchado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • escuchad ← ecsuchad · esccuchad · esccuhad · escucahd · escucchad · escuchadd · escuchda · escuchhad
  • escuchado ← ecsuchado · esccuchado · esccuhado · escucahdo · escucchado · escuchaddo · escuchaod · escuchdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "escuchad" and "escuchado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eskuˈt͡ʃað̞] versus [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "escuchad" vs "escuchado" - which ranks higher?
"escuchado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,881 in our Spanish list, against #48,382 for "escuchad". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "escuchad" and "escuchado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "escuchad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "escuchado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "escuchad" and "escuchado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escuchad vs escuchame". 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 #98,779 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