Which to use
“pensionado” is a verb and “pensionados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,914
- “pensionado” frequency rank
- #24,998
- “pensionados” frequency rank
- 69912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pensionado | pensionados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de pensionar. | Forma del plural de pensionado, participio de pensionar o de pensionarse. |
Where the eye mixes pensionado and pensionados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. pensionado runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCV) against pensionados's 11 (CVCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pensionado and pensionados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pensionado is [pẽnsjoˈnað̞o] while pensionados is [pẽnsjoˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pensionado” sits inside “pensionados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pensionado is recorded at frequency rank #44,914, classified as averb, pronounced [pẽnsjoˈnað̞o]. pensionados is at rank #24,998, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pẽnsjoˈnað̞os].
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 69912, this pair ranks #30,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pensionado vs pensionados
Shared letters: adeinops. Private to "pensionado": -. Private to "pensionados": -.
"pensionado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV · "pensionados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pensionado ← epnsionado · pencionado · penisonado · pennsionado · pensinoado · pensioando · pensionaddo · pensionaod
- pensionados ← epnsionados · pencionados · penisonados · pennsionados · pensinoados · pensioandos · pensionaddos · pensionadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pensionado" for "pensionados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pensionado" or "pensionados" show up more?
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 "pensionado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pensionados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pensionado" and "pensionados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pensionados vs presionados". 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 #30,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.