Which to use
“android” and “androide” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,978
- “android” frequency rank
- #34,876
- “androide” frequency rank
- 38854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | android | androide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Androide. | Robot antropomorfo que, además de imitar la apariencia humana, imita algunos aspectos de su conducta de manera autónoma. |
Where the eye mixes android and androide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses android with androide
A purely visual mix-up. android (/ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/) and androide ([ãn̪ˈd̪ɾojð̞e]) 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) - “android” sits inside “androide”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
android is recorded at frequency rank #3,978, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/. androide is at rank #34,876, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾojð̞e].
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 38854, this pair ranks #167,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of android vs androide
Shared letters: adinor. Private to "android": -. Private to "androide": e.
"android" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "androide" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "android" for "androide" ever safe?
Frequency check: "android" vs "androide" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "android" and "androide" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "android" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "androide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "android" and "androide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "androide vs androides". 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 #167,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.