Which to use
“programado” is a verb and “programados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,878
- “programado” frequency rank
- #20,475
- “programados” frequency rank
- 30353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | programado | programados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de programar. | Forma del plural de programado, participio de programar. |
Where the eye mixes programado and programados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between programado and programados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: programado is [pɾoɣ̞ɾaˈmað̞o] while programados is [pɾoɣ̞ɾaˈmað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “programado” sits inside “programados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
programado is recorded at frequency rank #9,878, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾoɣ̞ɾaˈmað̞o]. programados is at rank #20,475, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾoɣ̞ɾaˈmað̞os].
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 30353, this pair ranks #212,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of programado vs programados
Shared letters: adgmopr. Private to "programado": -. Private to "programados": s.
"programado" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCV · "programados" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- programado ← porgramado · pprogramado · prgoramado · progarmado · proggramado · prograamdo · programaddo · programaod
- programados ← porgramados · pprogramados · prgoramados · progarmados · proggramados · prograamdos · programaddos · programadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "programado" and "programados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "programado" or "programados"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "programado" and "programados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "programado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "programados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "programado" and "programados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "programados vs programando". 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 #212,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.