Which to use
“templado” is an adjective and “templados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,832
- “templado” frequency rank
- #43,285
- “templados” frequency rank
- 61117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | templado | templados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que posee una temperatura moderada, sin estar frío ni caliente. | Forma del plural de templado, adjetivo y también participio de templar o de templarse. |
Where the eye mixes templado and templados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. templado runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against templados's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: templado vs templados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: templado is [t̪ẽmˈplað̞o] while templados is [t̪ẽmˈplað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “templado” sits inside “templados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
templado is recorded at frequency rank #17,832, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪ẽmˈplað̞o]. templados is at rank #43,285, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [t̪ẽmˈplað̞os].
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 61117, this pair ranks #56,577 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of templado vs templados
Shared letters: adelmopt. Private to "templado": -. Private to "templados": s.
"templado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "templados" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "templado" and "templados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "templado" vs "templados" - which ranks higher?
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 "templado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "templados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,577 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "templado" and "templados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "templadas vs templados". 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 #56,577 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.