Which to use
“águila” and “aquila” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,900
- “águila” frequency rank
- #48,217
- “aquila” frequency rank
- 57117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | águila | aquila |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cualquiera de las Aves carnívoras pertenecientes a la familia de los Accipitridae, que tiene un pico fuerte en forma de gancho y una visión muy aguda. | Águila |
Where the eye mixes águila and aquila
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. águila and aquila follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: águila vs aquila
A purely visual mix-up. águila ([ˈaɣ̞ila]) and aquila ([ˈa.kwi.la]) 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 57117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
águila is recorded at frequency rank #8,900, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɣ̞ila]. aquila is at rank #48,217, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈa.kwi.la].
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 57117, this pair ranks #71,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of águila vs aquila
Shared letters: ailu. Private to "águila": gá. Private to "aquila": q.
"águila" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "aquila" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aquila ← aqiula · aqquila · aquial · aquilla · aqulia · auqila · qauila
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "águila" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aquila" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "águila" and "aquila" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aqueja vs aquila". 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 #71,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.