Which to use
“ampliar” is a verb and “amplios” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,914
- “ampliar” frequency rank
- #9,575
- “amplios” frequency rank
- 15489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ampliar | amplios |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hacer más amplio, aumentar o hacer más grande en tamaño, profundidad, contenido, cantidad, duración o alcance; extender los límites de algo. | Forma del masculino plural de amplio. |
Where the eye mixes ampliar and amplios
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ampliar and amplios follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ampliar and amplios
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ampliar is [ãmˈpljaɾ] while amplios is [ˈãmpljos]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ampliar is recorded at frequency rank #5,914, classified as averb, pronounced [ãmˈpljaɾ]. amplios is at rank #9,575, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈãmpljos].
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 15489, this pair ranks #279,937 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ampliar vs amplios
Shared letters: ailmp. Private to "ampliar": r. Private to "amplios": os.
"ampliar" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "amplios" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ampliar" and "amplios" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ampliar" or "amplios" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ampliar" and "amplios" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ampliar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amplios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,937 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ampliar" and "amplios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ampliamos vs amplios". 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 #279,937 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.