suspendidovssuspendidosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#9,371
“suspendido” frequency rank
#23,243
“suspendidos” frequency rank
32614
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suspendido suspendidos
Definition Participio de suspender. Forma del plural de suspendido, participio de suspender.

Where the eye mixes suspendido and suspendidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. suspendido runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against suspendidos's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
suspendido
11 ch
suspendidos

Visual trap between suspendido and suspendidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suspendido is [suspẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] while suspendidos is [suspẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “suspendido” sits inside “suspendidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suspendido is recorded at frequency rank #9,371, classified as averb, pronounced [suspẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. suspendidos is at rank #23,243, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [suspẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os].

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 32614, this pair ranks #201,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suspendido vs suspendidos

Shared letters: deinopsu. Private to "suspendido": -. Private to "suspendidos": -.

"suspendido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "suspendidos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suspendidossupendido · ssuspendido · supsendido · susepndido · suspednido · suspenddido · suspenddio · suspendiddo
  • suspendidosssupendidos · ssuspendidos · supsendidos · susepndidos · suspednidos · suspenddidos · suspenddios · suspendiddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suspendido" and "suspendidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suspendido" is a verb and "suspendidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "suspendido" or "suspendidos"?
"suspendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,371 in our Spanish list, against #23,243 for "suspendidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suspendido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suspendidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suspendido" and "suspendidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspendidas vs suspendidos". 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 #201,061 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