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

#14,305
“bruta” frequency rank
#16,775
“brutos” frequency rank
31080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bruta brutos
Definition Forma del femenino singular de bruto. Forma del masculino plural de bruto.

Where the eye mixes bruta and brutos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. bruta runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against brutos's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
bruta
6 ch
brutos

Visual trap between bruta and brutos

A purely visual mix-up. bruta ([ˈbɾut̪a]) and brutos ([ˈbɾut̪os]) 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 31080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bruta is recorded at frequency rank #14,305, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbɾut̪a]. brutos is at rank #16,775, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbɾut̪os].

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 31080, this pair ranks #208,873 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bruta vs brutos

Shared letters: brtu. Private to "bruta": a. Private to "brutos": os.

"bruta" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "brutos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bruta ← bbruta · brruta · brtua · bruat · brutta · burta · rbuta · vruta
  • brutos ← bbrutos · brrutos · brtuos · bruots · brutoss · brutso · bruttos · burtos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bruta" for "brutos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbɾut̪a] versus [ˈbɾut̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "bruta" or "brutos"?
"bruta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,305 in our Spanish list, against #16,775 for "brutos". 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 "bruta" and "brutos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bruta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brutos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,873 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bruta" and "brutos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bruta vs butt". 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 #208,873 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