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.
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
- campanas ← acmpanas · camapnas · cammpanas · campaans · campanass · campannas · campansa · campnaas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "campanas" and "compañías" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "campanas" vs "compañías" - which ranks higher?
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.