odiadovsodiamosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“odiado” and “odiamos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,755
“odiado” frequency rank
#25,736
“odiamos” frequency rank
46491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature odiado odiamos
Definition Participio de odiar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de odiar.

Where the eye mixes odiado and odiamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. odiado runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against odiamos's 7 (VCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
odiado
7 ch
odiamos

Look-alike desk: odiado vs odiamos

A purely visual mix-up. odiado ([oˈð̞jað̞o]) and odiamos ([oˈð̞jamos]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46491, 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]. odiamos is at rank #25,736, tagged as averb, pronounced [oˈð̞jamos].

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 46491, this pair ranks #125,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of odiado vs odiamos

Shared letters: adio. Private to "odiado": -. Private to "odiamos": ms.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • odiado ← doiado · odaido · oddiado · odiaddo · odiaod · odidao · oidado
  • odiamos ← doiamos · odaimos · oddiamos · odiammos · odiamoss · odiamso · odiaoms · odimaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "odiado" for "odiamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([oˈð̞jað̞o] versus [oˈð̞jamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "odiado" or "odiamos" show up more?
"odiado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,755 in our Spanish list, against #25,736 for "odiamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "odiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "odiamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #125,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "odiado" and "odiamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "odiamos vs odiosos". 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 #125,418 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