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

#4,305
“calendario” frequency rank
#27,507
“calendarios” frequency rank
31812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature calendario calendarios
Definition Sistema que divide el tiempo en días, y en grupos de días como son: semanas, meses y años. Forma del plural de calendario.

Where the eye mixes calendario and calendarios

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. calendario runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCVV) against calendarios's 11 (CVCVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
calendario
11 ch
calendarios

Look-alike desk: calendario vs calendarios

A purely visual mix-up. calendario ([kalẽn̪ˈd̪aɾjo]) and calendarios ([kalẽn̪ˈd̪aɾjos]) 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 extra letter(s) - “calendario” sits inside “calendarios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

calendario is recorded at frequency rank #4,305, classified as anoun, pronounced [kalẽn̪ˈd̪aɾjo]. calendarios is at rank #27,507, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kalẽn̪ˈd̪aɾjos].

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 31812, this pair ranks #205,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of calendario vs calendarios

Shared letters: acdeilnor. Private to "calendario": -. Private to "calendarios": s.

"calendario" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVV  ·  "calendarios" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • calendario ← aclendario · caelndario · calednario · calenadrio · calendairo · calendaroi · calendarrio · calenddario
  • calendarios ← aclendarios · caelndarios · calednarios · calenadrios · calendairos · calendarioss · calendariso · calendarois

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "calendario" for "calendarios" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kalẽn̪ˈd̪aɾjo] versus [kalẽn̪ˈd̪aɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "calendario" or "calendarios" show up more?
"calendario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,305 in our Spanish list, against #27,507 for "calendarios". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "calendario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "calendarios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "calendario" and "calendarios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calendar vs calendario". 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 #205,196 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