Which to use
“hospitalizado” is a verb and “hospitalizados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,478
- “hospitalizado” frequency rank
- #36,606
- “hospitalizados” frequency rank
- 63084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hospitalizado | hospitalizados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de hospitalizar. | Forma del plural de hospitalizado, participio de hospitalizar. |
Where the eye mixes hospitalizado and hospitalizados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. hospitalizado runs 13 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVCV) against hospitalizados's 14 (CVCCVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hospitalizado vs hospitalizados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hospitalizado is [ospit̪aliˈsað̞o] while hospitalizados is [ospit̪aliˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hospitalizado” sits inside “hospitalizados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hospitalizado is recorded at frequency rank #26,478, classified as averb, pronounced [ospit̪aliˈsað̞o]. hospitalizados is at rank #36,606, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ospit̪aliˈsað̞os].
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 63084, this pair ranks #49,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hospitalizado vs hospitalizados
Shared letters: adhilopstz. Private to "hospitalizado": -. Private to "hospitalizados": -.
"hospitalizado" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVCV · "hospitalizados" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hospitalizado ← hhospitalizado · hopsitalizado · hosiptalizado · hospiatlizado · hospitailzado · hospitaliazdo · hospitalizaddo · hospitalizaod
- hospitalizados ← hhospitalizados · hopsitalizados · hosiptalizados · hospiatlizados · hospitailzados · hospitaliazdos · hospitalizaddos · hospitalizadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hospitalizado" and "hospitalizados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "hospitalizado" or "hospitalizados"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "hospitalizado" and "hospitalizados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalizado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospitalizados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hospitalizado" and "hospitalizados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hospitalizada vs hospitalizados". 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 #49,910 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.