Which to use
“búfalo” and “búfalos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,124
- “búfalo” frequency rank
- #46,387
- “búfalos” frequency rank
- 73511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | búfalo | búfalos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia de los bóvidos (Bovidae). Poblaba las planicies de toda Norteamérica desde el norte de México, interior de Estados Unidos, y hasta Canadá. Tiene un pelaje de color marrón oscuro durante el invierno, y uno más liviano de color marrón claro durante el verano. Llegan a medir hasta 1,60 m de alto y 3 m de largo, y pesan de 450 a 1350 kg. | Forma del plural de búfalo. |
Where the eye mixes búfalo and búfalos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. búfalo ([ˈbufalo]) and búfalos ([ˈbufalos]) 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) - “búfalo” sits inside “búfalos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
búfalo is recorded at frequency rank #27,124, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbufalo]. búfalos is at rank #46,387, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbufalos].
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 73511, this pair ranks #23,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of búfalo vs búfalos
Shared letters: abfloú. Private to "búfalo": -. Private to "búfalos": s.
"búfalo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "búfalos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC