Which to use
“subordinado” is an adjective and “subordinados” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,054
- “subordinado” frequency rank
- #19,886
- “subordinados” frequency rank
- 44940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | subordinado | subordinados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Persona con una posición laboral o jerarquía más baja que otra persona, de la cual recibe órdenes. | Forma del plural de subordinado. |
Where the eye mixes subordinado and subordinados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. subordinado runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVCV) against subordinados's 12 (CVCVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: subordinado vs subordinados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: subordinado is [suβ̞oɾð̞iˈnað̞o] while subordinados is [suβ̞oɾð̞iˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “subordinado” sits inside “subordinados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
subordinado is recorded at frequency rank #25,054, classified as anadj, pronounced [suβ̞oɾð̞iˈnað̞o]. subordinados is at rank #19,886, tagged as anoun, pronounced [suβ̞oɾð̞iˈnað̞os].
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 44940, this pair ranks #134,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of subordinado vs subordinados
Shared letters: abdinorsu. Private to "subordinado": -. Private to "subordinados": -.
"subordinado" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCV · "subordinados" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- subordinado ← sbuordinado · ssubordinado · subbordinado · subodrinado · suborddinado · subordiando · subordinaddo · subordinaod
- subordinados ← sbuordinados · ssubordinados · subbordinados · subodrinados · suborddinados · subordiandos · subordinaddos · subordinadoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "subordinado" for "subordinados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "subordinado" or "subordinados"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "subordinado" and "subordinados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "subordinado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "subordinados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "subordinado" and "subordinados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subordinadas vs subordinado". 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 #134,228 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.