Which to use
“picados” is an adjective and “pintados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,193
- “picados” frequency rank
- #16,939
- “pintados” frequency rank
- 66132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | picados | pintados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de picado. | Forma del plural de pintado, participio de pintar. |
Where the eye mixes picados and pintados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. picados runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against pintados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: picados vs pintados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: picados is [piˈkað̞os] while pintados is [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
picados is recorded at frequency rank #49,193, classified as anadj, pronounced [piˈkað̞os]. pintados is at rank #16,939, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞os].
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 66132, this pair ranks #40,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of picados vs pintados
Shared letters: adiops. Private to "picados": c. Private to "pintados": nt.
"picados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "pintados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "picados" and "pintados" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "picados" or "pintados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "picados" and "pintados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "picados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "picados" and "pintados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "picados vs picazón". 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 #40,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.