Which to use
“pesado” and “pésimo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,736
- “pesado” frequency rank
- #11,663
- “pésimo” frequency rank
- 16399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pesado | pésimo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que pesa mucho. | Superlativo irregular de malo: sumamente malo. |
Where the eye mixes pesado and pésimo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pesado and pésimo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pesado vs pésimo
A purely visual mix-up. pesado ([peˈsað̞o]) and pésimo ([ˈpesimo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pesado is recorded at frequency rank #4,736, classified as anadj, pronounced [peˈsað̞o]. pésimo is at rank #11,663, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈpesimo].
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 16399, this pair ranks #276,322 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pesado vs pésimo
Shared letters: ops. Private to "pesado": ade. Private to "pésimo": imé.
"pesado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pésimo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pesado ← epsado · peasdo · pesaddo · pesaod · pesdao · pessado · ppesado · pseado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pesado" and "pésimo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pesado" vs "pésimo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pesado" and "pésimo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pesado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pésimo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,322 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pesado" and "pésimo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pesado vs plegado". 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 #276,322 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.