Which to use
“sentados” is a participle and “sentamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,587
- “sentados” frequency rank
- #22,510
- “sentamos” frequency rank
- 31097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sentados | sentamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de sentado, participio de sentar o de sentarse. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de sentar o de sentarse. |
Where the eye mixes sentados and sentamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. sentados and sentamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: sentados vs sentamos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sentados is [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os] while sentamos is [sẽn̪ˈt̪amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “sentados” becomes m in “sentamos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sentados is recorded at frequency rank #8,587, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. sentamos is at rank #22,510, tagged as averb, pronounced [sẽn̪ˈt̪amos].
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 31097, this pair ranks #208,797 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sentados vs sentamos
Shared letters: aenost. Private to "sentados": d. Private to "sentamos": m.
"sentados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "sentamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sentados" and "sentamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sentados" vs "sentamos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sentados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sentamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,797 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sentados" and "sentamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "señalamos vs sentamos". 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 #208,797 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.