visitadovsvisitadosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: visitado is a verb, visitados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visitado” is a verb and “visitados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,602
“visitado” frequency rank
#26,667
“visitados” frequency rank
35269
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visitado visitados
Definition Participio de visitar. Forma del plural de visitado, participio de visitar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visitado and visitados apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
visitado
9 ch
visitados

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visitado is [bisiˈt̪að̞o] while visitados is [bisiˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “visitado” sits inside “visitados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visitado is recorded at frequency rank #8,602, classified as averb, pronounced [bisiˈt̪að̞o]. 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 35269, this pair ranks #187,013 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visitado vs visitados

Shared letters: adiostv. Private to "visitado": -. Private to "visitados": -.

"visitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "visitados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitadobisitado · ivsitado · vicitado · viistado · visiatdo · visitaddo · visitaod · visitdao
  • visitadosbisitados · ivsitados · vicitados · viistados · visiatdos · visitaddos · visitadoss · visitadso

Frequency comparison

visitado#8,602
visitados#26,667

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visitado" and "visitados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visitado" is a verb and "visitados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visitado" or "visitados"?
"visitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,602 in our Spanish list, against #26,667 for "visitados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering visitado vs visitados

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “visitado”; for a participle, it's “visitados”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “visitado” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list