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“bastos” and “bultos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,518
- “bastos” frequency rank
- #32,998
- “bultos” frequency rank
- 65516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bastos | bultos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En la baraja española, uno de los cuatro palos, representado por varas o bastones nudosos. | Forma del plural de bulto. |
Where the eye mixes bastos and bultos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bastos and bultos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between bastos and bultos
A purely visual mix-up. bastos ([ˈbast̪os]) and bultos ([ˈbul̪t̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bastos is recorded at frequency rank #32,518, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbast̪os]. bultos is at rank #32,998, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbul̪t̪os].
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 65516, this pair ranks #42,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bastos vs bultos
Shared letters: bost. Private to "bastos": a. Private to "bultos": lu.
"bastos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "bultos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bastos" and "bultos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bastos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bultos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bastos" and "bultos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bardos vs bastos". 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 #42,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.