reemplazadovsreemplazadosTell them apart

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

Which to use

“reemplazado” is a verb and “reemplazados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,222
“reemplazado” frequency rank
#27,376
“reemplazados” frequency rank
41598
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reemplazado reemplazados
Definition Participio de reemplazar. Forma del plural de reemplazado, participio de reemplazar.

Where the eye mixes reemplazado and reemplazados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. reemplazado runs 11 letters (CVVCCCVCVCV) against reemplazados's 12 (CVVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
reemplazado
12 ch
reemplazados

Why the eye confuses reemplazado with reemplazados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reemplazado is [reẽmplaˈsað̞o] while reemplazados is [reẽmplaˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “reemplazado” sits inside “reemplazados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reemplazado is recorded at frequency rank #14,222, classified as averb, pronounced [reẽmplaˈsað̞o]. reemplazados is at rank #27,376, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reẽmplaˈsað̞os].

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 41598, this pair ranks #152,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reemplazado vs reemplazados

Shared letters: adelmoprz. Private to "reemplazado": -. Private to "reemplazados": s.

"reemplazado" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCCVCVCV  ·  "reemplazados" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reemplazado ← eremplazado · reemlpazado · reemmplazado · reempalzado · reemplaazdo · reemplazaddo · reemplazaod · reemplazdao
  • reemplazados ← eremplazados · reemlpazados · reemmplazados · reempalzados · reemplaazdos · reemplazaddos · reemplazadoss · reemplazadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reemplazado" and "reemplazados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reemplazado" is a verb and "reemplazados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reemplazado" or "reemplazados"?
"reemplazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,222 in our Spanish list, against #27,376 for "reemplazados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "reemplazado" and "reemplazados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reemplazado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reemplazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #152,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reemplazado" and "reemplazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reemplazadas vs reemplazados". 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 #152,802 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