odiadovsodiadosWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#20,755
“odiado” frequency rank
#47,293
“odiados” frequency rank
68048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature odiado odiados
Definition Participio de odiar. Forma del plural de odiado, participio de odiar.

Where the eye mixes odiado and odiados

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

6 ch
odiado
7 ch
odiados

Visual trap between odiado and odiados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: odiado is [oˈð̞jað̞o] while odiados is [oˈð̞jað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “odiado” sits inside “odiados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

odiado is recorded at frequency rank #20,755, classified as averb, pronounced [oˈð̞jað̞o]. odiados is at rank #47,293, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [oˈð̞jað̞os].

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 68048, this pair ranks #35,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of odiado vs odiados

Shared letters: adio. Private to "odiado": -. Private to "odiados": s.

"odiado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "odiados" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • odiado ← doiado · odaido · oddiado · odiaddo · odiaod · odidao · oidado
  • odiados ← doiados · odaidos · oddiados · odiaddos · odiadoss · odiadso · odiaods · odidaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "odiado" and "odiados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "odiado" is a verb and "odiados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "odiado" vs "odiados" - which ranks higher?
"odiado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,755 in our Spanish list, against #47,293 for "odiados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "odiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "odiados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "odiado" and "odiados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "odiada vs odiados". 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 #35,521 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