removidovsremovidosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#23,927
“removido” frequency rank
#46,175
“removidos” frequency rank
70102
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature removido removidos
Definition Participio de remover. Forma del plural de removido, participio de remover.

Where the eye mixes removido and removidos

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

8 ch
removido
9 ch
removidos

Look-alike desk: removido vs removidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: removido is [remoˈβ̞ið̞o] while removidos is [remoˈβ̞ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “removido” sits inside “removidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

removido is recorded at frequency rank #23,927, classified as averb, pronounced [remoˈβ̞ið̞o]. removidos is at rank #46,175, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [remoˈβ̞ið̞os].

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 70102, this pair ranks #30,453 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of removido vs removidos

Shared letters: deimorv. Private to "removido": -. Private to "removidos": s.

"removido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "removidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • removidoermovido · remmovido · remobido · remoivdo · removdio · removiddo · removiod · removvido
  • removidosermovidos · remmovidos · remobidos · remoivdos · removdios · removiddos · removidoss · removidso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "removido" for "removidos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "removido" is a verb and "removidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "removido" or "removidos" show up more?
"removido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,927 in our Spanish list, against #46,175 for "removidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "removido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "removidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,453 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "removido" and "removidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "removida vs removidos". 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 #30,453 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