Which to use
“cabellos” and “cabildos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,627
- “cabellos” frequency rank
- #34,469
- “cabildos” frequency rank
- 48096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabellos | cabildos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de cabello. | Forma del plural de cabildo. |
Where the eye mixes cabellos and cabildos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cabellos and cabildos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cabellos with cabildos
A purely visual mix-up. cabellos ([kaˈβ̞eʝos]) and cabildos ([kaˈβ̞il̪d̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabellos is recorded at frequency rank #13,627, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈβ̞eʝos]. cabildos is at rank #34,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈβ̞il̪d̪os].
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 48096, this pair ranks #116,359 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabellos vs cabildos
Shared letters: abclos. Private to "cabellos": e. Private to "cabildos": di.
"cabellos" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "cabildos" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabellos" for "cabildos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cabellos" or "cabildos"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cabellos" and "cabildos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabellos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabildos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,359 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabellos" and "cabildos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabildos vs caldos". 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 #116,359 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.