programadovsprogramadosConfusable pair

Quick tell: programado is a verb, programados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

10 ch
programado
11 ch
programados

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

  • programadoporgramado · pprogramado · prgoramado · progarmado · proggramado · prograamdo · programaddo · programaod
  • programadosporgramados · pprogramados · prgoramados · progarmados · proggramados · prograamdos · programaddos · programadoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "programado" and "programados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "programado" is a verb and "programados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "programado" or "programados"?
"programado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,878 in our Spanish list, against #20,475 for "programados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list