antojosvsatajosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#38,498
“antojos” frequency rank
#33,947
“atajos” frequency rank
72445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature antojos atajos
Definition Variante anticuada de anteojos. Forma del plural de atajo.

Where the eye mixes antojos and atajos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. antojos runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against atajos's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
antojos
6 ch
atajos

Visual trap between antojos and atajos

A purely visual mix-up. antojos ([ãn̪ˈt̪oxos]) and atajos ([aˈt̪axos]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

antojos is recorded at frequency rank #38,498, classified as anoun, pronounced [ãn̪ˈt̪oxos]. atajos is at rank #33,947, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈt̪axos].

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 72445, this pair ranks #25,332 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of antojos vs atajos

Shared letters: ajost. Private to "antojos": n. Private to "atajos": -.

"antojos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "atajos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • antojos ← anntojos · anotjos · antjoos · antojjos · antojoss · antojso · antoojs · anttojos
  • atajos ← aatjos · atajjos · atajoss · atajso · ataojs · atjaos · attajos · taajos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "antojos" and "atajos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ãn̪ˈt̪oxos] versus [aˈt̪axos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "antojos" or "atajos"?
"atajos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,947 in our Spanish list, against #38,498 for "antojos". 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 "antojos" and "atajos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "antojos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atajos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,332 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "antojos" and "atajos" 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 #25,332 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