Which to use
“tocado” and “tocados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,159
- “tocado” frequency rank
- #30,698
- “tocados” frequency rank
- 35857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tocado | tocados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Atuendo, cubierta o prenda para la cabeza. | Forma del plural de tocado. |
Where the eye mixes tocado and tocados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tocado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against tocados's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tocado vs tocados
A purely visual mix-up. tocado ([t̪oˈkað̞o]) and tocados ([t̪oˈkað̞os]) 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 extra letter(s) - “tocado” sits inside “tocados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tocado is recorded at frequency rank #5,159, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪oˈkað̞o]. tocados is at rank #30,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪oˈkað̞os].
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 35857, this pair ranks #183,797 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tocado vs tocados
Shared letters: acdot. Private to "tocado": -. Private to "tocados": s.
"tocado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tocados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tocado" and "tocados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tocado" vs "tocados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tocado" and "tocados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tocado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tocados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,797 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tocado" and "tocados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tocados vs torcidos". 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 #183,797 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.