BienvenidovsbienvenidosTell them apart

Quick tell: Bienvenido is a name, bienvenidos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Bienvenido” is a name and “bienvenidos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,674
“Bienvenido” frequency rank
#4,680
“bienvenidos” frequency rank
8354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bienvenido bienvenidos
Definition Nombre de pila de varón. Forma del plural de bienvenido.

Where the eye mixes Bienvenido and bienvenidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Bienvenido runs 10 letters (CVVCCVCVCV) against bienvenidos's 11 (CVVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
Bienvenido
11 ch
bienvenidos

Look-alike desk: Bienvenido vs bienvenidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Bienvenido is [bjẽmbeˈnið̞o] while bienvenidos is [bjẽmbeˈnið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Bienvenido” sits inside “bienvenidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bienvenido is recorded at frequency rank #3,674, classified as aname, pronounced [bjẽmbeˈnið̞o]. bienvenidos is at rank #4,680, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bjẽmbeˈnið̞os].

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 8354, this pair ranks #305,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Bienvenido vs bienvenidos

Shared letters: bdeinov. Private to "Bienvenido": -. Private to "bienvenidos": s.

"Bienvenido" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCV  ·  "bienvenidos" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bienvenido ← bbienvenido · beinvenido · bienbenido · bienevnido · biennvenido · bienveindo · bienvendio · bienveniddo
  • bienvenidos ← bbienvenidos · beinvenidos · bienbenidos · bienevnidos · biennvenidos · bienveindos · bienvendios · bienveniddos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Bienvenido" and "bienvenidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bienvenido" is a name and "bienvenidos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Bienvenido" vs "bienvenidos" - which ranks higher?
"Bienvenido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,674 in our Spanish list, against #4,680 for "bienvenidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Bienvenido" and "bienvenidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bienvenido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bienvenidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bienvenido" and "bienvenidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bienvenidas vs bienvenidos". 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 #305,236 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