Which to use
“Caldas” is a name and “caldos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,469
- “Caldas” frequency rank
- #45,796
- “caldos” frequency rank
- 64265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Caldas | caldos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apellido. | Forma del plural de caldo. |
Where the eye mixes Caldas and caldos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Caldas and caldos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Caldas vs caldos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Caldas is [ˈkal̪d̪as] while caldos is [ˈkal̪d̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “Caldas” becomes o in “caldos”, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Caldas is recorded at frequency rank #18,469, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈkal̪d̪as]. caldos is at rank #45,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkal̪d̪os].
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 64265, this pair ranks #46,116 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Caldas vs caldos
Shared letters: acdls. Private to "Caldas": -. Private to "caldos": o.
"Caldas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "caldos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Caldas" for "caldos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Caldas" vs "caldos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Caldas" and "caldos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Caldas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caldos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,116 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Caldas" and "caldos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calco 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 #46,116 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.