Which to use
“pegados” and “pelados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,638
- “pegados” frequency rank
- #39,377
- “pelados” frequency rank
- 58015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pegados | pelados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de pegado, participio de pegar. | Forma del plural de pelado, participio de pelar o de pelarse. |
Where the eye mixes pegados and pelados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pegados and pelados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pegados vs pelados
A purely visual mix-up. pegados ([peˈɣ̞að̞os]) and pelados ([peˈlað̞os]) 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 a single letter - g in “pegados” becomes l in “pelados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pegados is recorded at frequency rank #18,638, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈɣ̞að̞os]. pelados is at rank #39,377, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peˈlað̞os].
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 58015, this pair ranks #68,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pegados vs pelados
Shared letters: adeops. Private to "pegados": g. Private to "pelados": l.
"pegados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "pelados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pegados" and "pelados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pegados" vs "pelados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pegados" and "pelados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pegados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pelados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pegados" and "pelados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peladas vs pelados". 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 #68,110 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.