Which to use
“cafés” and “caños” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,534
- “cafés” frequency rank
- #21,925
- “caños” frequency rank
- 34459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cafés | caños |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de café. | Forma del plural de caño. |
Where the eye mixes cafés and caños
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cafés and caños follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cafés vs caños
A purely visual mix-up. cafés ([kaˈfes]) and caños ([ˈkaɲos]) 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 34459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cafés is recorded at frequency rank #12,534, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈfes]. caños is at rank #21,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaɲos].
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 34459, this pair ranks #191,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cafés vs caños
Shared letters: acs. Private to "cafés": fé. Private to "caños": oñ.
"cafés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "caños" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cafés" and "caños" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cafés" or "caños"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cafés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cafés" and "caños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caños vs cronos". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #191,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.