Which to use
“antojo” and “antojos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,062
- “antojo” frequency rank
- #38,498
- “antojos” frequency rank
- 52560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | antojo | antojos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deseo vivo y pasajero de alguna cosa, y especialmente el sugerido por el capricho, o el que suelen tener las mujeres cuando están embarazadas. | Variante anticuada de anteojos. |
Where the eye mixes antojo and antojos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: antojo vs antojos
A purely visual mix-up. antojo ([ãn̪ˈt̪oxo]) and antojos ([ãn̪ˈt̪oxos]) 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) - “antojo” sits inside “antojos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
antojo is recorded at frequency rank #14,062, classified as anoun, pronounced [ãn̪ˈt̪oxo]. antojos is at rank #38,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ãn̪ˈt̪oxos].
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 52560, this pair ranks #92,109 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of antojo vs antojos
Shared letters: ajnot. Private to "antojo": -. Private to "antojos": s.
"antojo" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "antojos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "antojo" and "antojos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "antojo" or "antojos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "antojo" and "antojos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "antojo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "antojos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,109 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "antojo" and "antojos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "antojos vs antros". 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 #92,109 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.