respetadovsrespetadosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,241
“respetado” frequency rank
#23,931
“respetados” frequency rank
36172
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature respetado respetados
Definition Participio de respetar. Forma del plural de respetado, participio de respetar.

Where the eye mixes respetado and respetados

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

9 ch
respetado
10 ch
respetados

Look-alike desk: respetado vs respetados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: respetado is [respeˈt̪að̞o] while respetados is [respeˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “respetado” sits inside “respetados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36172, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

respetado is recorded at frequency rank #12,241, classified as averb, pronounced [respeˈt̪að̞o]. respetados is at rank #23,931, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [respeˈt̪að̞os].

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 36172, this pair ranks #182,081 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of respetado vs respetados

Shared letters: adeoprst. Private to "respetado": -. Private to "respetados": -.

"respetado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "respetados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • respetadoerspetado · repsetado · reseptado · respeatdo · respetaddo · respetaod · respetdao · respettado
  • respetadoserspetados · repsetados · reseptados · respeatdos · respetaddos · respetadoss · respetadso · respetaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "respetado" and "respetados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "respetado" is a verb and "respetados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "respetado" or "respetados" show up more?
"respetado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,241 in our Spanish list, against #23,931 for "respetados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "respetado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "respetados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,081 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "respetado" and "respetados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "respetados vs respetaron". 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 #182,081 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