odiadosvsodiosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#47,293
“odiados” frequency rank
#28,478
“odios” frequency rank
75771
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes odiados and odios

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

7 ch
odiados
5 ch
odios

Look-alike desk: odiados vs odios

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: odiados is [oˈð̞jað̞os] while odios is [ˈoð̞jos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

odiados is recorded at frequency rank #47,293, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [oˈð̞jað̞os]. odios is at rank #28,478, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈoð̞jos].

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 75771, this pair ranks #18,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of odiados vs odios

Shared letters: dios. Private to "odiados": a. Private to "odios": -.

"odiados" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC  ·  "odios" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • odiados ← doiados · odaidos · oddiados · odiaddos · odiadoss · odiadso · odiaods · odidaos
  • odios ← doios · oddios · odioss · odiso · odois · oidos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "odiados" for "odios" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "odiados" is a participle and "odios" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "odiados" vs "odios" - which ranks higher?
"odios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,478 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "odiados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "odios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "odiados" and "odios" 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 #18,938 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