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

#18,640
“perdonado” frequency rank
#37,776
“perdonamos” frequency rank
56416
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature perdonado perdonamos
Definition Participio de perdonar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de perdonar.

Where the eye mixes perdonado and perdonamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. perdonado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against perdonamos's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
perdonado
10 ch
perdonamos

Visual trap between perdonado and perdonamos

A purely visual mix-up. perdonado ([peɾð̞oˈnað̞o]) and perdonamos ([peɾð̞oˈnamos]) 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 56416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

perdonado is recorded at frequency rank #18,640, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾð̞oˈnað̞o]. perdonamos is at rank #37,776, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾð̞oˈnamos].

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 56416, this pair ranks #74,688 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of perdonado vs perdonamos

Shared letters: adenopr. Private to "perdonado": -. Private to "perdonamos": ms.

"perdonado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "perdonamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • perdonado ← eprdonado · pedronado · perddonado · perdnoado · perdoando · perdonaddo · perdonaod · perdondao
  • perdonamos ← eprdonamos · pedronamos · perddonamos · perdnoamos · perdoanmos · perdonammos · perdonamoss · perdonamso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "perdonado" and "perdonamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peɾð̞oˈnað̞o] versus [peɾð̞oˈnamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "perdonado" or "perdonamos"?
"perdonado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,640 in our Spanish list, against #37,776 for "perdonamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "perdonado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "perdonamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,688 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "perdonado" and "perdonamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perdonados vs perdonamos". 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 #74,688 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