Which to use
“mejorado” is a verb and “mejorados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,283
- “mejorado” frequency rank
- #39,333
- “mejorados” frequency rank
- 47616
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mejorado | mejorados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de mejorar. | Forma del plural de mejorado, participio de mejorar. |
Where the eye mixes mejorado and mejorados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mejorado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against mejorados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mejorado and mejorados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mejorado is [mexoˈɾað̞o] while mejorados is [mexoˈɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mejorado” sits inside “mejorados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47616, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mejorado is recorded at frequency rank #8,283, classified as averb, pronounced [mexoˈɾað̞o]. mejorados is at rank #39,333, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mexoˈɾað̞os].
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 47616, this pair ranks #119,090 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mejorado vs mejorados
Shared letters: adejmor. Private to "mejorado": -. Private to "mejorados": s.
"mejorado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "mejorados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mejorado" for "mejorados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mejorado" or "mejorados"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mejorado" and "mejorados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mejorado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mejorados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,090 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mejorado" and "mejorados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mejorados vs mejoramos". 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 #119,090 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.