Which to use
“premiado” is a verb and “premiados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,422
- “premiado” frequency rank
- #25,410
- “premiados” frequency rank
- 41832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | premiado | premiados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de premiar. | Forma del plural de premiado, participio de premiar. |
Where the eye mixes premiado and premiados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. premiado runs 8 letters (CCVCVVCV) against premiados's 9 (CCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses premiado with premiados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: premiado is [pɾeˈmjað̞o] while premiados is [pɾeˈmjað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “premiado” sits inside “premiados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
premiado is recorded at frequency rank #16,422, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾeˈmjað̞o]. 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 41832, this pair ranks #151,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of premiado vs premiados
Shared letters: adeimopr. Private to "premiado": -. Private to "premiados": s.
"premiado" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV · "premiados" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "premiado" for "premiados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "premiado" vs "premiados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "premiado" and "premiados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "premiado" 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 #151,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "premiado" and "premiados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prelados vs premiados". 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 #151,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.