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

#11,898
“amigable” frequency rank
#24,371
“amigables” frequency rank
36269
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amigable amigables
Definition Que demuestra amistad Forma del plural de amigable.

Where the eye mixes amigable and amigables

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. amigable runs 8 letters (VCVCVCCV) against amigables's 9 (VCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
amigable
9 ch
amigables

Look-alike desk: amigable vs amigables

A purely visual mix-up. amigable ([amiˈɣ̞aβ̞le]) and amigables ([amiˈɣ̞aβ̞les]) 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) - “amigable” sits inside “amigables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amigable is recorded at frequency rank #11,898, classified as anadj, pronounced [amiˈɣ̞aβ̞le]. amigables is at rank #24,371, tagged as anadj, pronounced [amiˈɣ̞aβ̞les].

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 36269, this pair ranks #181,519 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amigable vs amigables

Shared letters: abegilm. Private to "amigable": -. Private to "amigables": s.

"amigable" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV  ·  "amigables" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amigable ← aimgable · amgiable · amiagble · amigabble · amigabel · amigablle · amigalbe · amigavle
  • amigables ← aimgables · amgiables · amiagbles · amigabbles · amigabels · amigabless · amigablles · amigablse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amigable" and "amigables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([amiˈɣ̞aβ̞le] versus [amiˈɣ̞aβ̞les]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "amigable" vs "amigables" - which ranks higher?
"amigable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,898 in our Spanish list, against #24,371 for "amigables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "amigable" and "amigables" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amigable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amigables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #181,519 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amigable" and "amigables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirables vs amigables". 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 #181,519 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