Which to use
“privilegiado” is an adjective and “privilegiados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,923
- “privilegiado” frequency rank
- #16,428
- “privilegiados” frequency rank
- 31351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | privilegiado | privilegiados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que tiene cierto privilegio, ventaja, derecho especial, prerrogativa o acceso a algo de que otros no gozan. | Forma del plural de privilegiado, participio de privilegiar. |
Where the eye mixes privilegiado and privilegiados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. privilegiado runs 12 letters (CCVCVCVCVVCV) against privilegiados's 13 (CCVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: privilegiado vs privilegiados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: privilegiado is [pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞o] while privilegiados is [pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “privilegiado” sits inside “privilegiados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
privilegiado is recorded at frequency rank #14,923, classified as anadj, pronounced [pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞o]. privilegiados is at rank #16,428, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾiβ̞ileˈxjað̞os].
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 31351, this pair ranks #207,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of privilegiado vs privilegiados
Shared letters: adegiloprv. Private to "privilegiado": -. Private to "privilegiados": s.
"privilegiado" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCV · "privilegiados" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- privilegiado ← pirvilegiado · pprivilegiado · pribilegiado · priivlegiado · privielgiado · privilegaido · privileggiado · privilegiaddo
- privilegiados ← pirvilegiados · pprivilegiados · pribilegiados · priivlegiados · privielgiados · privilegaidos · privileggiados · privilegiaddos
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "privilegiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "privilegiados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "privilegiado" and "privilegiados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "privilegia vs privilegiado". 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 #207,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.