Which to use
“participado” and “participo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,764
- “participado” frequency rank
- #19,517
- “participo” frequency rank
- 25281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | participado | participo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de participar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de participar. |
Where the eye mixes participado and participo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. participado runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVCV) against participo's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: participado vs participo
A purely visual mix-up. participado ([paɾt̪isiˈpað̞o]) and participo ([paɾt̪iˈsipo]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
participado is recorded at frequency rank #5,764, classified as averb, pronounced [paɾt̪isiˈpað̞o]. participo is at rank #19,517, tagged as averb, pronounced [paɾt̪iˈsipo].
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 25281, this pair ranks #237,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of participado vs participo
Shared letters: acioprt. Private to "participado": d. Private to "participo": -.
"participado" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV · "participo" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- participado ← aprticipado · paritcipado · parrticipado · partciipado · particcipado · particiapdo · participaddo · participaod
- participo ← aprticipo · paritcipo · parrticipo · partciipo · particcipo · particiop · particippo · particpio
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "participado" and "participo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "participado" or "participo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "participado" and "participo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "participado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "participo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "participado" and "participo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "participas vs participo". 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 #237,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.