tejadosvstiradosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#24,326
“tejados” frequency rank
#21,513
“tirados” frequency rank
45839
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tejados tirados
Definition Forma del plural de tejado, participio de tejar. Forma del plural de tirado, participio de tirar.

Where the eye mixes tejados and tirados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tejados and tirados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
tejados
7 ch
tirados

Visual trap between tejados and tirados

A purely visual mix-up. tejados ([t̪eˈxað̞os]) and tirados ([t̪iˈɾað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tejados is recorded at frequency rank #24,326, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪eˈxað̞os]. tirados is at rank #21,513, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪iˈɾað̞os].

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 45839, this pair ranks #129,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tejados vs tirados

Shared letters: adost. Private to "tejados": ej. Private to "tirados": ir.

"tejados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "tirados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tejados ← etjados · teajdos · tejaddos · tejadoss · tejadso · tejaods · tejdaos · tejjados
  • tirados ← itrados · tiardos · tiraddos · tiradoss · tiradso · tiraods · tirdaos · tirrados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tejados" and "tirados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eˈxað̞os] versus [t̪iˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tejados" or "tirados" show up more?
"tirados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,513 in our Spanish list, against #24,326 for "tejados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tejados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tirados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,160 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tejados" and "tirados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirados vs tirándose". 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 #129,160 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