Which to use
“promovido” is a verb and “promovidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,553
- “promovido” frequency rank
- #36,772
- “promovidos” frequency rank
- 47325
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | promovido | promovidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de promover. | Forma del plural de promovido, participio de promover. |
Where the eye mixes promovido and promovidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. promovido runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against promovidos's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between promovido and promovidos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: promovido is [pɾomoˈβ̞ið̞o] while promovidos is [pɾomoˈβ̞ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “promovido” sits inside “promovidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
promovido is recorded at frequency rank #10,553, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾomoˈβ̞ið̞o]. promovidos is at rank #36,772, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾomoˈβ̞ið̞os].
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 47325, this pair ranks #120,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of promovido vs promovidos
Shared letters: dimoprv. Private to "promovido": -. Private to "promovidos": s.
"promovido" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "promovidos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- promovido ← pormovido · ppromovido · prmoovido · prommovido · promobido · promoivdo · promovdio · promoviddo
- promovidos ← pormovidos · ppromovidos · prmoovidos · prommovidos · promobidos · promoivdos · promovdios · promoviddos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "promovido" and "promovidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "promovido" or "promovidos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "promovido" and "promovidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "promovido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "promovidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "promovido" and "promovidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prometidos vs promovidos". 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 #120,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.