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“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.

6 ch
tocado
7 ch
tocados

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

  • tocado ← otcado · tcoado · toacdo · tocaddo · tocaod · toccado · tocdao · ttocado
  • tocados ← otcados · tcoados · toacdos · tocaddos · tocadoss · tocadso · tocaods · toccados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tocado" and "tocados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪oˈkað̞o] versus [t̪oˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tocado" vs "tocados" - which ranks higher?
"tocado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,159 in our Spanish list, against #30,698 for "tocados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list