escuchadvsescuchadosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

“escuchad” is a verb and “escuchados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,382
“escuchad” frequency rank
#28,362
“escuchados” frequency rank
76744
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes escuchad and escuchados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
escuchad
10 ch
escuchados

Look-alike desk: escuchad vs escuchados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escuchad is [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞] while escuchados is [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “escuchad” sits inside “escuchados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76744, 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]. escuchados is at rank #28,362, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞os].

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 76744, this pair ranks #17,176 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of escuchad vs escuchados

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

"escuchad" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "escuchados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • escuchadecsuchad · esccuchad · esccuhad · escucahd · escucchad · escuchadd · escuchda · escuchhad
  • escuchadosecsuchados · esccuchados · esccuhados · escucahdos · escucchados · escuchaddos · escuchadoss · escuchadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "escuchad" for "escuchados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "escuchad" is a verb and "escuchados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "escuchad" vs "escuchados" - which ranks higher?
"escuchados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,362 in our Spanish list, against #48,382 for "escuchad". 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 "escuchad" and "escuchados" 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 "escuchados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,176 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "escuchad" and "escuchados" 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 #17,176 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