Which to use
“quebrado” is an adjective and “quebrados” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,059
- “quebrado” frequency rank
- #38,912
- “quebrados” frequency rank
- 56971
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quebrado | quebrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que ha entrado en bancarrota o quiebra. | Trechos rayados y trechos sin rayas que hay en una de las diferentes clases de papel pautado en el que aprenden a escribir los niños. |
Where the eye mixes quebrado and quebrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. quebrado runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against quebrados's 9 (CVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: quebrado vs quebrados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quebrado is [keˈβ̞ɾað̞o] while quebrados is [keˈβ̞ɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “quebrado” sits inside “quebrados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56971, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quebrado is recorded at frequency rank #18,059, classified as anadj, pronounced [keˈβ̞ɾað̞o]. quebrados is at rank #38,912, tagged as anoun, pronounced [keˈβ̞ɾað̞os].
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 56971, this pair ranks #72,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quebrado vs quebrados
Shared letters: abdeoqru. Private to "quebrado": -. Private to "quebrados": s.
"quebrado" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "quebrados" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "quebrado" and "quebrados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "quebrado" or "quebrados"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quebrado" and "quebrados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quebrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quebrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quebrado" and "quebrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quebrados vs quebraron". 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 #72,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.