experimentadovsexperimentadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: experimentado is a adjective, experimentados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“experimentado” is an adjective and “experimentados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,022
“experimentado” frequency rank
#19,109
“experimentados” frequency rank
26131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature experimentado experimentados
Definition experimentado ¦ plural: experimentados ¦ femenino: experimentada ¦ femenino plural: experimentadas Forma del plural de experimentado, participio de experimentar.

Where the eye mixes experimentado and experimentados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. experimentado runs 13 letters (VCCVCVCVCCVCV) against experimentados's 14 (VCCVCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
experimentado
14 ch
experimentados

Visual trap between experimentado and experimentados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: experimentado is [ekspeɾimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o] while experimentados is [ekspeɾimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “experimentado” sits inside “experimentados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

experimentado is recorded at frequency rank #7,022, classified as anadj, pronounced [ekspeɾimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. experimentados is at rank #19,109, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ekspeɾimẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os].

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 26131, this pair ranks #233,147 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of experimentado vs experimentados

Shared letters: adeimnoprtx. Private to "experimentado": -. Private to "experimentados": s.

"experimentado" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "experimentados" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • experimentado ← epxerimentado · exeprimentado · expeirmentado · experiemntado · experimenatdo · experimenntado · experimentaddo · experimentaod
  • experimentados ← epxerimentados · exeprimentados · expeirmentados · experiemntados · experimenatdos · experimenntados · experimentaddos · experimentadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "experimentado" for "experimentados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "experimentado" is an adjective and "experimentados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "experimentado" or "experimentados"?
"experimentado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,022 in our Spanish list, against #19,109 for "experimentados". 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 "experimentado" and "experimentados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "experimentado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "experimentados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,147 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "experimentado" and "experimentados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "experimentadas vs experimentados". 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 #233,147 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