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

#39,213
“esparcidas” frequency rank
#34,573
“esparcidos” frequency rank
73786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature esparcidas esparcidos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de esparcido, participio de esparcir. Forma del plural de esparcido, participio de esparcir.

Where the eye mixes esparcidas and esparcidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. esparcidas and esparcidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
esparcidas
10 ch
esparcidos

Look-alike desk: esparcidas vs esparcidos

A purely visual mix-up. esparcidas ([espaɾˈsið̞as]) and esparcidos ([espaɾˈsið̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “esparcidas” becomes o in “esparcidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

esparcidas is recorded at frequency rank #39,213, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [espaɾˈsið̞as]. esparcidos is at rank #34,573, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [espaɾˈsið̞os].

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 73786, this pair ranks #22,600 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of esparcidas vs esparcidos

Shared letters: acdeiprs. Private to "esparcidas": -. Private to "esparcidos": o.

"esparcidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "esparcidos" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • esparcidas ← epsarcidas · esaprcidas · espacridas · esparccidas · esparcdias · esparciads · esparcidass · esparciddas
  • esparcidos ← epsarcidos · esaprcidos · espacridos · esparccidos · esparcdios · esparciddos · esparcidoss · esparcidso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "esparcidas" and "esparcidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([espaɾˈsið̞as] versus [espaɾˈsið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "esparcidas" or "esparcidos"?
"esparcidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,573 in our Spanish list, against #39,213 for "esparcidas". 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 "esparcidas" and "esparcidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "esparcidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "esparcidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,600 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "esparcidas" and "esparcidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "esparcidos vs esparció". 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 #22,600 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