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

#17,548
“señalados” frequency rank
#8,587
“sentados” frequency rank
26135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature señalados sentados
Definition Forma del plural de señalado, participio de señalar. Forma del plural de sentado, participio de sentar o de sentarse.

Where the eye mixes señalados and sentados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. señalados runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against sentados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
señalados
8 ch
sentados

Visual trap between señalados and sentados

A purely visual mix-up. señalados ([seɲaˈlað̞os]) and sentados ([sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) 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 26135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

señalados is recorded at frequency rank #17,548, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [seɲaˈlað̞os]. sentados is at rank #8,587, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os].

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 26135, this pair ranks #233,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of señalados vs sentados

Shared letters: adeos. Private to "señalados": lñ. Private to "sentados": nt.

"señalados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "sentados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sentados ← centados · esntados · senatdos · senntados · sentaddos · sentadoss · sentadso · sentaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "señalados" and "sentados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([seɲaˈlað̞os] versus [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "señalados" or "sentados"?
"sentados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,587 in our Spanish list, against #17,548 for "señalados". 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 "señalados" and "sentados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "señalados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sentados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "señalados" and "sentados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "señalados vs señalamos". 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 #233,125 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