Which to use
“postulado” is a noun and “postulados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,605
- “postulado” frequency rank
- #21,445
- “postulados” frequency rank
- 46050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | postulado | postulados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proposición cuya veracidad no requiere demostración, pues su objetivo no es demostrar, sino sostener ulteriores razonamientos, que derivarán a hipótesis. | Forma del plural de postulado, participio de postular. |
Where the eye mixes postulado and postulados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between postulado and postulados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: postulado is [post̪uˈlað̞o] while postulados is [post̪uˈlað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “postulado” sits inside “postulados”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
postulado is recorded at frequency rank #24,605, classified as anoun, pronounced [post̪uˈlað̞o]. postulados is at rank #21,445, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [post̪uˈlað̞os].
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 46050, this pair ranks #127,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of postulado vs postulados
Shared letters: adlopstu. Private to "postulado": -. Private to "postulados": -.
"postulado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "postulados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- postulado ← opstulado · posstulado · postluado · posttulado · postualdo · postuladdo · postulaod · postuldao
- postulados ← opstulados · posstulados · postluados · posttulados · postualdos · postuladdos · postuladoss · postuladso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "postulado" for "postulados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "postulado" vs "postulados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "postulado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "postulados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "postulado" and "postulados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postulado vs postulan". 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 #127,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.