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

#21,484
“sacrificado” frequency rank
#38,952
“sacrificó” frequency rank
60436
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacrificado sacrificó
Definition Participio de sacrificar o de sacrificarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sacrificar o de sacrificarse.

Where the eye mixes sacrificado and sacrificó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. sacrificado runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVCV) against sacrificó's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
sacrificado
9 ch
sacrificó

Look-alike desk: sacrificado vs sacrificó

A purely visual mix-up. sacrificado ([sakɾifiˈkað̞o]) and sacrificó ([sakɾifiˈko]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacrificado is recorded at frequency rank #21,484, classified as averb, pronounced [sakɾifiˈkað̞o]. sacrificó is at rank #38,952, tagged as averb, pronounced [sakɾifiˈko].

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 60436, this pair ranks #58,966 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sacrificado vs sacrificó

Shared letters: acfirs. Private to "sacrificado": do. Private to "sacrificó": ó.

"sacrificado" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV  ·  "sacrificó" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacrificado ← ascrificado · saccrificado · sacirficado · sacrfiicado · sacrifciado · sacrifficado · sacrifiacdo · sacrificaddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sacrificado" and "sacrificó" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([sakɾifiˈkað̞o] versus [sakɾifiˈko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sacrificado" vs "sacrificó" - which ranks higher?
"sacrificado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,484 in our Spanish list, against #38,952 for "sacrificó". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "sacrificado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sacrificó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,966 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacrificado" and "sacrificó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sacrifican vs sacrificó". 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 #58,966 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