Which to use
“pintados” is a participle and “pintos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,939
- “pintados” frequency rank
- #39,922
- “pintos” frequency rank
- 56861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintados | pintos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de pintado, participio de pintar. | Forma del plural de pinto. |
Where the eye mixes pintados and pintos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pintados runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against pintos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pintados with pintos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pintados is [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞os] while pintos is [ˈpĩn̪t̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pintados is recorded at frequency rank #16,939, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. pintos is at rank #39,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpĩn̪t̪os].
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 56861, this pair ranks #72,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pintados vs pintos
Shared letters: inopst. Private to "pintados": ad. Private to "pintos": -.
"pintados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "pintos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pintados" and "pintos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pintados" or "pintos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pintados" and "pintos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pintados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintados" and "pintos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pintos vs prontos". 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 #72,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.