señaladovsseñalamosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,890
“señalado” frequency rank
#49,271
“señalamos” frequency rank
55161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature señalado señalamos
Definition Participio de señalar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de señalar.

Where the eye mixes señalado and señalamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. señalado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against señalamos's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
señalado
9 ch
señalamos

Look-alike desk: señalado vs señalamos

A purely visual mix-up. señalado ([seɲaˈlað̞o]) and señalamos ([seɲaˈlamos]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

señalado is recorded at frequency rank #5,890, classified as averb, pronounced [seɲaˈlað̞o]. señalamos is at rank #49,271, tagged as averb, pronounced [seɲaˈlamos].

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 55161, this pair ranks #80,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of señalado vs señalamos

Shared letters: aelosñ. Private to "señalado": d. Private to "señalamos": m.

"señalado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "señalamos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "señalado" for "señalamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([seɲaˈlað̞o] versus [seɲaˈlamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "señalado" or "señalamos" show up more?
"señalado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,890 in our Spanish list, against #49,271 for "señalamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "señalado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "señalamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "señalado" and "señalamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "señalamos vs sentíamos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #80,145 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