lanzadovslanzadosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#3,933
“lanzado” frequency rank
#21,041
“lanzados” frequency rank
24974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lanzado lanzados
Definition Participio de lanzar. Forma del plural de lanzado, participio de lanzar.

Where the eye mixes lanzado and lanzados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. lanzado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against lanzados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
lanzado
8 ch
lanzados

Why the eye confuses lanzado with lanzados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lanzado is [lãnˈsað̞o] while lanzados is [lãnˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lanzado” sits inside “lanzados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lanzado is recorded at frequency rank #3,933, classified as averb, pronounced [lãnˈsað̞o]. lanzados is at rank #21,041, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [lãnˈsað̞os].

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 24974, this pair ranks #238,593 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of lanzado vs lanzados

Shared letters: adlnoz. Private to "lanzado": -. Private to "lanzados": s.

"lanzado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "lanzados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lanzado ← alnzado · lanazdo · lannzado · lanzaddo · lanzaod · lanzdao · lanzzado · laznado
  • lanzados ← alnzados · lanazdos · lannzados · lanzaddos · lanzadoss · lanzadso · lanzaods · lanzdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lanzado" for "lanzados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lanzado" is a verb and "lanzados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "lanzado" or "lanzados" show up more?
"lanzado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,933 in our Spanish list, against #21,041 for "lanzados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lanzados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #238,593 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lanzado" and "lanzados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lanzadores vs lanzados". 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 #238,593 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