terminadovsterminamosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,908
“terminado” frequency rank
#7,234
“terminamos” frequency rank
10142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature terminado terminamos
Definition Participio de terminar o de terminarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de terminar o de terminarse.

Where the eye mixes terminado and terminamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. terminado runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against terminamos's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
terminado
10 ch
terminamos

Look-alike desk: terminado vs terminamos

A purely visual mix-up. terminado ([t̪eɾmiˈnað̞o]) and terminamos ([t̪eɾmiˈnamos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

terminado is recorded at frequency rank #2,908, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪eɾmiˈnað̞o]. terminamos is at rank #7,234, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪eɾmiˈnamos].

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 10142, this pair ranks #299,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of terminado vs terminamos

Shared letters: aeimnort. Private to "terminado": d. Private to "terminamos": s.

"terminado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "terminamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • terminado ← etrminado · temrinado · terimnado · termiando · terminaddo · terminaod · termindao · terminnado
  • terminamos ← etrminamos · temrinamos · terimnamos · termianmos · terminammos · terminamoss · terminamso · terminaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "terminado" for "terminamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eɾmiˈnað̞o] versus [t̪eɾmiˈnamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "terminado" or "terminamos" show up more?
"terminado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,908 in our Spanish list, against #7,234 for "terminamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "terminado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "terminamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #299,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "terminado" and "terminamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terminamos vs terminaremos". 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 #299,678 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