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“publicado” and “publicamos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,066
“publicado” frequency rank
#20,481
“publicamos” frequency rank
21547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature publicado publicamos
Definition Participio de publicar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de publicar.

Where the eye mixes publicado and publicamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. publicado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against publicamos's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
publicado
10 ch
publicamos

Why the eye confuses publicado with publicamos

A purely visual mix-up. publicado ([puβ̞liˈkað̞o]) and publicamos ([puβ̞liˈkamos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

publicado is recorded at frequency rank #1,066, classified as averb, pronounced [puβ̞liˈkað̞o]. publicamos is at rank #20,481, tagged as averb, pronounced [puβ̞liˈkamos].

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 21547, this pair ranks #254,440 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of publicado vs publicamos

Shared letters: abcilopu. Private to "publicado": d. Private to "publicamos": ms.

"publicado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "publicamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • publicado ← pbulicado · ppublicado · pubblicado · pubilcado · publciado · publiacdo · publicaddo · publicaod
  • publicamos ← pbulicamos · ppublicamos · pubblicamos · pubilcamos · publciamos · publiacmos · publicammos · publicamoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "publicado" for "publicamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([puβ̞liˈkað̞o] versus [puβ̞liˈkamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "publicado" or "publicamos"?
"publicado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,066 in our Spanish list, against #20,481 for "publicamos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "publicado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "publicamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #254,440 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "publicado" and "publicamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "publicamos vs publicaremos". 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 #254,440 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