inundadovsinundadosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#26,497
“inundado” frequency rank
#39,818
“inundados” frequency rank
66315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inundado inundados
Definition Participio de inundar. Forma del plural de inundado, participio de inundar.

Where the eye mixes inundado and inundados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. inundado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against inundados's 9 (VCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
inundado
9 ch
inundados

Visual trap between inundado and inundados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: inundado is [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞o] while inundados is [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “inundado” sits inside “inundados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inundado is recorded at frequency rank #26,497, classified as averb, pronounced [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞o]. inundados is at rank #39,818, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [inũn̪ˈd̪að̞os].

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 66315, this pair ranks #40,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of inundado vs inundados

Shared letters: adinou. Private to "inundado": -. Private to "inundados": s.

"inundado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "inundados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • inundado ← innudado · innundado · inudnado · inunaddo · inundaddo · inundaod · inunddado · inunddao
  • inundados ← innudados · innundados · inudnados · inunaddos · inundaddos · inundadoss · inundadso · inundaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "inundado" for "inundados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inundado" is a verb and "inundados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "inundado" vs "inundados" - which ranks higher?
"inundado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,497 in our Spanish list, against #39,818 for "inundados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "inundado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inundados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,188 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inundado" and "inundados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inundados vs inundando". 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 #40,188 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