Which to use
“listado” is an adjective and “listados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,187
- “listado” frequency rank
- #23,123
- “listados” frequency rank
- 30310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | listado | listados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que tiene rayas o listas. | Forma del plural de listado, participio de listar. |
Where the eye mixes listado and listados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. listado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against listados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: listado vs listados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: listado is [lisˈt̪að̞o] while listados is [lisˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “listado” sits inside “listados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
listado is recorded at frequency rank #7,187, classified as anadj, pronounced [lisˈt̪að̞o]. listados is at rank #23,123, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [lisˈt̪að̞os].
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 30310, this pair ranks #212,610 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of listado vs listados
Shared letters: adilost. Private to "listado": -. Private to "listados": -.
"listado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "listados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "listado" for "listados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "listado" vs "listados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "listado" and "listados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "listado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "listados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,610 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "listado" and "listados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ligados vs listados". 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 #212,610 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.