Which to use
“afiches” is a noun and “apaches” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,737
- “afiches” frequency rank
- #43,379
- “apaches” frequency rank
- 74116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afiches | apaches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de afiche. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de apachar. |
Where the eye mixes afiches and apaches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. afiches and apaches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: afiches vs apaches
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: afiches is [aˈfit͡ʃes] while apaches is [aˈpat͡ʃes]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afiches is recorded at frequency rank #30,737, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈfit͡ʃes]. apaches is at rank #43,379, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈpat͡ʃes].
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 74116, this pair ranks #21,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of afiches vs apaches
Shared letters: acehs. Private to "afiches": fi. Private to "apaches": p.
"afiches" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "apaches" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afiches" and "apaches" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "afiches" or "apaches" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "afiches" and "apaches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "afiches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apaches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afiches" and "apaches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afiche vs afiches". 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 #21,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.