Which to use
“habilitado” and “habilitados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,444
- “habilitado” frequency rank
- #25,299
- “habilitados” frequency rank
- 42743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habilitado | habilitados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Persona que legalmente tiene a su cargo el pago y cobro de dineros de alguna institución oficial, como el Estado, la milicia o un gobierno local. | Forma del plural de habilitado. |
Where the eye mixes habilitado and habilitados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. habilitado runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCV) against habilitados's 11 (CVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses habilitado with habilitados
A purely visual mix-up. habilitado ([aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞o]) and habilitados ([aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞os]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “habilitado” sits inside “habilitados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habilitado is recorded at frequency rank #17,444, classified as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞o]. habilitados is at rank #25,299, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞iliˈt̪að̞os].
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 42743, this pair ranks #146,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habilitado vs habilitados
Shared letters: abdhilot. Private to "habilitado": -. Private to "habilitados": s.
"habilitado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV · "habilitados" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habilitado ← ahbilitado · habbilitado · habiiltado · habiliatdo · habilitaddo · habilitaod · habilitdao · habilittado
- habilitados ← ahbilitados · habbilitados · habiiltados · habiliatdos · habilitaddos · habilitadoss · habilitadso · habilitaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habilitado" and "habilitados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "habilitado" or "habilitados"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habilitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habilitados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habilitado" and "habilitados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habilitados vs habitados". 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 #146,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.