Which to use
“gastado” is a verb and “gastados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,461
- “gastado” frequency rank
- #30,922
- “gastados” frequency rank
- 40383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gastado | gastados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de gastar o de gastarse. | Forma del plural de gastado, participio de gastar o de gastarse. |
Where the eye mixes gastado and gastados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. gastado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against gastados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses gastado with gastados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gastado is [gasˈt̪að̞o] while gastados is [gasˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gastado” sits inside “gastados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gastado is recorded at frequency rank #9,461, classified as averb, pronounced [gasˈt̪að̞o]. gastados is at rank #30,922, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [gasˈt̪að̞os].
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 40383, this pair ranks #159,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gastado vs gastados
Shared letters: adgost. Private to "gastado": -. Private to "gastados": -.
"gastado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "gastados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gastado" for "gastados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gastado" vs "gastados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "gastado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gastados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gastado" and "gastados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gastadas vs gastados". 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 #159,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.