maldigovsmalditosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#41,471
“maldigo” frequency rank
#8,835
“malditos” frequency rank
50306
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maldigo malditos
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de maldecir. Forma del plural de maldito, participio irregular de maldecir.

Where the eye mixes maldigo and malditos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. maldigo runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against malditos's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
maldigo
8 ch
malditos

Why the eye confuses maldigo with malditos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: maldigo is [mal̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o] while malditos is [mal̪ˈd̪it̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maldigo is recorded at frequency rank #41,471, classified as averb, pronounced [mal̪ˈd̪iɣ̞o]. malditos is at rank #8,835, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mal̪ˈd̪it̪os].

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 50306, this pair ranks #103,914 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of maldigo vs malditos

Shared letters: adilmo. Private to "maldigo": g. Private to "malditos": st.

"maldigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "malditos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maldigo ← amldigo · madligo · malddigo · maldgio · maldiggo · maldiog · malidgo · malldigo
  • malditos ← amlditos · madlitos · maldditos · maldiots · malditoss · malditso · maldittos · maldtios

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "maldigo" and "malditos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "maldigo" is a verb and "malditos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "maldigo" vs "malditos" - which ranks higher?
"malditos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,835 in our Spanish list, against #41,471 for "maldigo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "maldigo" and "malditos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "maldigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "malditos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,914 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maldigo" and "malditos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maldigo vs maldijo". 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 #103,914 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