sumergidovssumergidosTell them apart

Quick tell: sumergido is a verb, sumergidos is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sumergido” is a verb and “sumergidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,876
“sumergido” frequency rank
#35,775
“sumergidos” frequency rank
58651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sumergido sumergidos
Definition Participio de sumergir. Forma del plural de sumergido, participio de sumergir o de sumergirse.

Where the eye mixes sumergido and sumergidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. sumergido runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against sumergidos's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
sumergido
10 ch
sumergidos

Look-alike desk: sumergido vs sumergidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sumergido is [sumeɾˈxið̞o] while sumergidos is [sumeɾˈxið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sumergido” sits inside “sumergidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sumergido is recorded at frequency rank #22,876, classified as averb, pronounced [sumeɾˈxið̞o]. sumergidos is at rank #35,775, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [sumeɾˈxið̞os].

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 58651, this pair ranks #65,667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sumergido vs sumergidos

Shared letters: degimorsu. Private to "sumergido": -. Private to "sumergidos": -.

"sumergido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "sumergidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sumergido ← smuergido · ssumergido · suemrgido · sumegrido · sumergdio · sumerggido · sumergiddo · sumergiod
  • sumergidos ← smuergidos · ssumergidos · suemrgidos · sumegridos · sumergdios · sumerggidos · sumergiddos · sumergidoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sumergido" and "sumergidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sumergido" is a verb and "sumergidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sumergido" or "sumergidos"?
"sumergido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,876 in our Spanish list, against #35,775 for "sumergidos". 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 "sumergido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sumergidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sumergido" and "sumergidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sumergidos vs sumergió". 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 #65,667 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