Which to use
“protegidos” is a participle and “protegió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,185
- “protegidos” frequency rank
- #35,209
- “protegió” frequency rank
- 44394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | protegidos | protegió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de protegido, participio de proteger. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de proteger. |
Where the eye mixes protegidos and protegió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. protegidos runs 10 letters (CCVCVCVCVC) against protegió's 8 (CCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: protegidos vs protegió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: protegidos is [pɾot̪eˈxið̞os] while protegió is [pɾot̪eˈxjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
protegidos is recorded at frequency rank #9,185, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [pɾot̪eˈxið̞os]. protegió is at rank #35,209, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾot̪eˈxjo].
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 44394, this pair ranks #137,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of protegidos vs protegió
Shared letters: egioprt. Private to "protegidos": ds. Private to "protegió": ó.
"protegidos" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC · "protegió" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- protegidos ← portegidos · pprotegidos · proetgidos · protegdios · proteggidos · protegiddos · protegidoss · protegidso
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "protegidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "protegió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "protegidos" and "protegió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prometio vs protegió". 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 #137,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.