campanasvscompañíasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#10,627
“campanas” frequency rank
#2,548
“compañías” frequency rank
13175
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campanas compañías
Definition En la baraja alemana, uno de los cuatro colores. Forma del plural de compañía.

Where the eye mixes campanas and compañías

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. campanas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against compañías's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
campanas
9 ch
compañías

Visual trap between campanas and compañías

A purely visual mix-up. campanas ([kãmˈpanas]) and compañías ([kõmpaˈɲias]) 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 13175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campanas is recorded at frequency rank #10,627, classified as anoun, pronounced [kãmˈpanas]. compañías is at rank #2,548, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõmpaˈɲias].

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 13175, this pair ranks #288,836 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of campanas vs compañías

Shared letters: acmps. Private to "campanas": n. Private to "compañías": oíñ.

"campanas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "compañías" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campanasacmpanas · camapnas · cammpanas · campaans · campanass · campannas · campansa · campnaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "campanas" and "compañías" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kãmˈpanas] versus [kõmpaˈɲias]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "campanas" vs "compañías" - which ranks higher?
"compañías" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,548 in our Spanish list, against #10,627 for "campanas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "campanas" and "compañías" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "campanas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "compañías" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #288,836 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campanas" and "compañías" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campanadas vs campanas". 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 #288,836 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