escuchadovsescuchadosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#2,881
“escuchado” frequency rank
#28,362
“escuchados” frequency rank
31243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature escuchado escuchados
Definition Participio de escuchar. Forma del plural de escuchado, participio de escuchar.

Where the eye mixes escuchado and escuchados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. escuchado runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against escuchados's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
escuchado
10 ch
escuchados

Look-alike desk: escuchado vs escuchados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: escuchado is [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞o] while escuchados is [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “escuchado” 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 31243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

escuchado is recorded at frequency rank #2,881, classified as averb, pronounced [eskuˈt͡ʃað̞o]. 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 31243, this pair ranks #208,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of escuchado vs escuchados

Shared letters: acdehosu. Private to "escuchado": -. Private to "escuchados": -.

"escuchado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "escuchados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • escuchado ← ecsuchado · esccuchado · esccuhado · escucahdo · escucchado · escuchaddo · escuchaod · escuchdao
  • escuchados ← ecsuchados · esccuchados · esccuhados · escucahdos · escucchados · escuchaddos · escuchadoss · escuchadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "escuchado" and "escuchados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "escuchado" is a verb and "escuchados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "escuchado" or "escuchados"?
"escuchado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,881 in our Spanish list, against #28,362 for "escuchados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "escuchado" 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 #208,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "escuchado" and "escuchados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escuchad vs escuchados". 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 #208,050 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