Which to use
“implicado” is a verb and “implicados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,489
- “implicado” frequency rank
- #10,683
- “implicados” frequency rank
- 24172
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | implicado | implicados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de implicar. | Forma del plural de implicado, participio de implicar. |
Where the eye mixes implicado and implicados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: implicado vs implicados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: implicado is [ĩmpliˈkað̞o] while implicados is [ĩmpliˈkað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “implicado” sits inside “implicados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
implicado is recorded at frequency rank #13,489, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩmpliˈkað̞o]. implicados is at rank #10,683, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩmpliˈkað̞os].
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 24172, this pair ranks #242,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of implicado vs implicados
Shared letters: acdilmop. Private to "implicado": -. Private to "implicados": s.
"implicado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV · "implicados" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- implicado ← imlpicado · immplicado · impilcado · implciado · impliacdo · implicaddo · implicaod · impliccado
- implicados ← imlpicados · immplicados · impilcados · implciados · impliacdos · implicaddos · implicadoss · implicadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "implicado" and "implicados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "implicado" vs "implicados" - which ranks higher?
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 "implicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "implicados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "implicado" and "implicados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implicado vs implicando". 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 #242,401 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.