Which to use
“burgués” and “burgueses” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,465
- “burgués” frequency rank
- #20,291
- “burgueses” frequency rank
- 38756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | burgués | burgueses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Natural o habitante de un burgo. | Forma del masculino plural de burgués. |
Where the eye mixes burgués and burgueses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. burgués runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against burgueses's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between burgués and burgueses
A purely visual mix-up. burgués ([buɾˈɣ̞es]) and burgueses ([buɾˈɣ̞eses]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
burgués is recorded at frequency rank #18,465, classified as anadj, pronounced [buɾˈɣ̞es]. burgueses is at rank #20,291, tagged as anadj, pronounced [buɾˈɣ̞eses].
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 38756, this pair ranks #168,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of burgués vs burgueses
Shared letters: bgrsu. Private to "burgués": é. Private to "burgueses": e.
"burgués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "burgueses" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- burgueses ← bburgueses · brugueses · bugrueses · burgeuses · burggueses · burgueces · burgueess · burguesess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "burgués" for "burgueses" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "burgués" or "burgueses" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "burgués" and "burgueses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "burgués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "burgueses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "burgués" and "burgueses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "burguesas vs burgueses". 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 #168,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.