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

#36,874
“vigilados” frequency rank
#26,667
“visitados” frequency rank
63541
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vigilados visitados
Definition Forma del plural de vigilado, participio de vigilar. Forma del plural de visitado, participio de visitar.

Where the eye mixes vigilados and visitados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. vigilados and visitados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
vigilados
9 ch
visitados

Why the eye confuses vigilados with visitados

A purely visual mix-up. vigilados ([bixiˈlað̞os]) and visitados ([bisiˈt̪að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vigilados is recorded at frequency rank #36,874, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bixiˈlað̞os]. visitados is at rank #26,667, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bisiˈt̪að̞os].

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 63541, this pair ranks #48,428 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vigilados vs visitados

Shared letters: adiosv. Private to "vigilados": gl. Private to "visitados": t.

"vigilados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "visitados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vigilados ← bigilados · ivgilados · vgiilados · viggilados · vigialdos · vigiladdos · vigiladoss · vigiladso
  • visitados ← bisitados · ivsitados · vicitados · viistados · visiatdos · visitaddos · visitadoss · visitadso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vigilados" and "visitados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bixiˈlað̞os] versus [bisiˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vigilados" or "visitados"?
"visitados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,667 in our Spanish list, against #36,874 for "vigilados". 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 "vigilados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visitados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,428 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vigilados" and "visitados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigilados vs violados". 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 #48,428 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