Which to use
“ligado” and “ligados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,260
- “ligado” frequency rank
- #15,140
- “ligados” frequency rank
- 26400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ligado | ligados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Conexión, unión o enlace entre letras en la escritura o los sonidos al hablar. | Forma del plural de ligado. |
Where the eye mixes ligado and ligados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ligado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against ligados's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ligado vs ligados
A purely visual mix-up. ligado ([liˈɣ̞að̞o]) and ligados ([liˈɣ̞að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ligado” sits inside “ligados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ligado is recorded at frequency rank #11,260, classified as anoun, pronounced [liˈɣ̞að̞o]. ligados is at rank #15,140, tagged as anoun, pronounced [liˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 26400, this pair ranks #231,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ligado vs ligados
Shared letters: adgilo. Private to "ligado": -. Private to "ligados": s.
"ligado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "ligados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ligado" and "ligados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ligado" vs "ligados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ligado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ligados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ligado" and "ligados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ligados vs lípidos". 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 #231,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.