evaluadovsevaluadosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#27,605
“evaluado” frequency rank
#31,341
“evaluados” frequency rank
58946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evaluado evaluados
Definition Participio de evaluar. Forma del plural de evaluado, participio de evaluar.

Where the eye mixes evaluado and evaluados

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

8 ch
evaluado
9 ch
evaluados

Why the eye confuses evaluado with evaluados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: evaluado is [eβ̞aˈlwað̞o] while evaluados is [eβ̞aˈlwað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “evaluado” sits inside “evaluados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evaluado is recorded at frequency rank #27,605, classified as averb, pronounced [eβ̞aˈlwað̞o]. evaluados is at rank #31,341, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eβ̞aˈlwað̞os].

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 58946, this pair ranks #64,506 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of evaluado vs evaluados

Shared letters: adelouv. Private to "evaluado": -. Private to "evaluados": s.

"evaluado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV  ·  "evaluados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evaluadoeavluado · ebaluado · evalaudo · evalluado · evaluaddo · evaluaod · evaludao · evaulado
  • evaluadoseavluados · ebaluados · evalaudos · evalluados · evaluaddos · evaluadoss · evaluadso · evaluaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "evaluado" for "evaluados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "evaluado" is a verb and "evaluados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "evaluado" or "evaluados"?
"evaluado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,605 in our Spanish list, against #31,341 for "evaluados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "evaluado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evaluados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,506 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evaluado" and "evaluados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evacuadas vs evaluados". 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 #64,506 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