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

#3,760
“cabezas” frequency rank
#14,088
“cabras” frequency rank
17848
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabezas cabras
Definition Forma del plural de cabeza Forma del plural de cabra.

Where the eye mixes cabezas and cabras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cabezas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against cabras's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
cabezas
6 ch
cabras

Look-alike desk: cabezas vs cabras

A purely visual mix-up. cabezas ([kaˈβ̞esas]) and cabras ([ˈkaβ̞ɾas]) 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 17848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cabezas is recorded at frequency rank #3,760, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈβ̞esas]. cabras is at rank #14,088, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaβ̞ɾas].

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 17848, this pair ranks #270,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cabezas vs cabras

Shared letters: abcs. Private to "cabezas": ez. Private to "cabras": r.

"cabezas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cabras" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabezas ← acbezas · cabbezas · cabeazs · cabezass · cabezsa · cabezzas · cabzeas · caebzas
  • cabras ← acbras · cabars · cabbras · cabrass · cabrras · cabrsa · carbas · cavras

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cabezas" for "cabras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈβ̞esas] versus [ˈkaβ̞ɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cabezas" or "cabras"?
"cabezas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,760 in our Spanish list, against #14,088 for "cabras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "cabezas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cabras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #270,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabezas" and "cabras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabras vs cachas". 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 #270,448 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