Which to use
“invitado” and “irritado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,566
- “invitado” frequency rank
- #33,670
- “irritado” frequency rank
- 37236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invitado | irritado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que recibe invitación. | Que sufre una irritación. |
Where the eye mixes invitado and irritado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. invitado and irritado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: invitado vs irritado
A purely visual mix-up. invitado ([ĩmbiˈt̪að̞o]) and irritado ([iriˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invitado is recorded at frequency rank #3,566, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩmbiˈt̪að̞o]. irritado is at rank #33,670, tagged as anadj, pronounced [iriˈt̪að̞o].
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 37236, this pair ranks #176,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of invitado vs irritado
Shared letters: adiot. Private to "invitado": nv. Private to "irritado": r.
"invitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "irritado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "invitado" for "irritado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "invitado" or "irritado" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "invitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irritado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invitado" and "irritado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imitado vs irritado". 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 #176,365 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.