Which to use
“amigo” and “amigos” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,376
- “amigo” frequency rank
- #33,510
- “amigos” frequency rank
- 67886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amigo | amigos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A friend. | plural of amigo |
Where the eye mixes amigo and amigos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. amigo runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against amigos's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: amigo vs amigos
A purely visual mix-up. amigo (/əˈmiː.ɡəʊ/) and amigos (/əˈmiː.ɡəʊz/) 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) - “amigo” sits inside “amigos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amigo is recorded at frequency rank #34,376, classified as anoun, pronounced /əˈmiː.ɡəʊ/. amigos is at rank #33,510, tagged as anoun, pronounced /əˈmiː.ɡəʊz/.
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 67886, this pair ranks #61,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of amigo vs amigos
Shared letters: agimo. Private to "amigo": -. Private to "amigos": s.
"amigo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "amigos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "amigo" and "amigos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "amigo" or "amigos"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "amigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amigos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,360 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amigo" and "amigos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "algo vs amigo". 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 #61,360 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.