Which to use
“buque” and “buques” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,381
- “buque” frequency rank
- #6,630
- “buques” frequency rank
- 13011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | buque | buques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Barco de gran tamaño usado como nave de guerra, transporte o comercio a grandes distancias. | Forma del plural de buque. |
Where the eye mixes buque and buques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: buque vs buques
A purely visual mix-up. buque ([ˈbuke]) and buques ([ˈbukes]) 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) - “buque” sits inside “buques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
buque is recorded at frequency rank #6,381, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbuke]. buques is at rank #6,630, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbukes].
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 13011, this pair ranks #289,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of buque vs buques
Shared letters: bequ. Private to "buque": -. Private to "buques": s.
"buque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "buques" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "buque" and "buques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "buque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "buques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "buque" and "buques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "buques vs Busquets". 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 #289,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.