Which to use
“interrogado” is an adjective and “interrogados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,402
- “interrogado” frequency rank
- #46,016
- “interrogados” frequency rank
- 68418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interrogado | interrogados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que es objeto de un interrogatorio (serie de preguntas, generalmente exhaustivas, a un testigo, sospechoso, acusado, etc., para aclarar a fondo una situación, determinar las circunstancias de una acción o delito, etc.) o de una encuesta. | Forma del plural de interrogado. |
Where the eye mixes interrogado and interrogados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses interrogado with interrogados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: interrogado is [ĩn̪t̪eroˈɣ̞að̞o] while interrogados is [ĩn̪t̪eroˈɣ̞að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “interrogado” sits inside “interrogados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interrogado is recorded at frequency rank #22,402, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eroˈɣ̞að̞o]. interrogados is at rank #46,016, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eroˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 68418, this pair ranks #34,547 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of interrogado vs interrogados
Shared letters: adeginort. Private to "interrogado": -. Private to "interrogados": s.
"interrogado" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV · "interrogados" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- interrogado ← inetrrogado · innterrogado · interogado · interorgado · interrgoado · interroagdo · interrogaddo · interrogaod
- interrogados ← inetrrogados · innterrogados · interogados · interorgados · interrgoados · interroagdos · interrogaddos · interrogadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "interrogado" for "interrogados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "interrogado" or "interrogados" show up more?
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 "interrogado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interrogados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,547 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interrogado" and "interrogados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interroga vs interrogado". 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 #34,547 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.