Which to use
“plagado” and “plegado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,179
- “plagado” frequency rank
- #49,195
- “plegado” frequency rank
- 72374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plagado | plegado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de plagar. | Participio de plegar. |
Where the eye mixes plagado and plegado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. plagado and plegado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: plagado vs plegado
A purely visual mix-up. plagado ([plaˈɣ̞að̞o]) and plegado ([pleˈɣ̞að̞o]) 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 a single letter - a in “plagado” becomes e in “plegado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72374, 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]. plegado is at rank #49,195, tagged as averb, pronounced [pleˈɣ̞að̞o].
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 72374, this pair ranks #25,477 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of plagado vs plegado
Shared letters: adglop. Private to "plagado": -. Private to "plegado": e.
"plagado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "plegado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "plagado" and "plegado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "plagado" or "plegado"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plagado" and "plegado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plegado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,477 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plagado" and "plegado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plegado vs prelado". 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 #25,477 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.