Which to use
“utilidades” is a noun and “utilizados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,812
- “utilidades” frequency rank
- #5,161
- “utilizados” frequency rank
- 18973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | utilidades | utilizados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de utilidad. | Forma del plural de utilizado, participio de utilizar. |
Where the eye mixes utilidades and utilizados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. utilidades and utilizados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses utilidades with utilizados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: utilidades is [ut̪iliˈð̞að̞es] while utilizados is [ut̪iliˈsað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
utilidades is recorded at frequency rank #13,812, classified as anoun, pronounced [ut̪iliˈð̞að̞es]. utilizados is at rank #5,161, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ut̪iliˈsað̞os].
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 18973, this pair ranks #265,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of utilidades vs utilizados
Shared letters: adilstu. Private to "utilidades": e. Private to "utilizados": oz.
"utilidades" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC · "utilizados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- utilidades ← tuilidades · uitlidades · utiildades · utildiades · utiliaddes · utilidaddes · utilidadess · utilidadse
- utilizados ← tuilizados · uitlizados · utiilzados · utiliazdos · utilizaddos · utilizadoss · utilizadso · utilizaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "utilidades" and "utilizados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "utilidades" vs "utilizados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "utilidades" and "utilizados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "utilidades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "utilizados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "utilidades" and "utilizados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "utilizados vs utilizamos". 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 #265,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.