Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "esparcidas" or "esparcidos"?
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.