plagadovsplasmadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,179
“plagado” frequency rank
#33,774
“plasmado” frequency rank
56953
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature plagado plasmado
Definition Participio de plagar. Participio de plasmar o de plasmarse.

Where the eye mixes plagado and plasmado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. plagado runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against plasmado's 8 (CCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
plagado
8 ch
plasmado

Look-alike desk: plagado vs plasmado

A purely visual mix-up. plagado ([plaˈɣ̞að̞o]) and plasmado ([plasˈmað̞o]) 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 56953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

plagado is recorded at frequency rank #23,179, classified as averb, pronounced [plaˈɣ̞að̞o]. plasmado is at rank #33,774, tagged as averb, pronounced [plasˈmað̞o].

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 56953, this pair ranks #72,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of plagado vs plasmado

Shared letters: adlop. Private to "plagado": g. Private to "plasmado": ms.

"plagado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "plasmado" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plagado ← lpagado · palgado · plaagdo · plagaddo · plagaod · plagdao · plaggado · plgaado
  • plasmado ← lpasmado · palsmado · plamsado · plasamdo · plasmaddo · plasmaod · plasmdao · plasmmado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "plagado" and "plasmado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([plaˈɣ̞að̞o] versus [plasˈmað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "plagado" or "plasmado" show up more?
"plagado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,179 in our Spanish list, against #33,774 for "plasmado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "plagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "plasmado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "plagado" and "plasmado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasmado vs plasmado". 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 #72,443 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