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

#34,727
“preciados” frequency rank
#25,410
“premiados” frequency rank
60137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature preciados premiados
Definition Forma del plural de preciado, participio de preciar. Forma del plural de premiado, participio de premiar.

Where the eye mixes preciados and premiados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. preciados and premiados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
preciados
9 ch
premiados

Why the eye confuses preciados with premiados

A purely visual mix-up. preciados ([pɾeˈsjað̞os]) and premiados ([pɾeˈmjað̞os]) 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 - c in “preciados” becomes m in “premiados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

preciados is recorded at frequency rank #34,727, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾeˈsjað̞os]. premiados is at rank #25,410, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾeˈmjað̞os].

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 60137, this pair ranks #60,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of preciados vs premiados

Shared letters: adeioprs. Private to "preciados": c. Private to "premiados": m.

"preciados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC  ·  "premiados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • preciados ← perciados · ppreciados · prceiados · precaidos · precciados · preciaddos · preciadoss · preciadso
  • premiados ← permiados · ppremiados · preimados · premaidos · premiaddos · premiadoss · premiadso · premiaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "preciados" for "premiados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pɾeˈsjað̞os] versus [pɾeˈmjað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "preciados" or "premiados"?
"premiados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,410 in our Spanish list, against #34,727 for "preciados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "preciados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "premiados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "preciados" and "premiados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "preciados vs prelados". 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 #60,017 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