humilladovshumilladosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#22,388
“humillado” frequency rank
#41,959
“humillados” frequency rank
64347
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature humillado humillados
Definition Participio de humillar. Forma del plural de humillado, participio de humillar o de humillarse.

Where the eye mixes humillado and humillados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. humillado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against humillados's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
humillado
10 ch
humillados

Look-alike desk: humillado vs humillados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: humillado is [umiˈʝað̞o] while humillados is [umiˈʝað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “humillado” sits inside “humillados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

humillado is recorded at frequency rank #22,388, classified as averb, pronounced [umiˈʝað̞o]. humillados is at rank #41,959, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [umiˈʝað̞os].

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 64347, this pair ranks #45,858 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of humillado vs humillados

Shared letters: adhilmou. Private to "humillado": -. Private to "humillados": s.

"humillado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "humillados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • humillado ← hhumillado · hmuillado · huimllado · humilado · humilaldo · humilladdo · humillaod · humilldao
  • humillados ← hhumillados · hmuillados · huimllados · humilados · humilaldos · humilladdos · humilladoss · humilladso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "humillado" for "humillados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "humillado" is a verb and "humillados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "humillado" or "humillados"?
"humillado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,388 in our Spanish list, against #41,959 for "humillados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "humillado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "humillados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,858 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "humillado" and "humillados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humillada vs humillados". 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 #45,858 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