campeónvscampeonasTell them apart

Quick tell: campeón is a noun, campeonas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“campeón” is a noun and “campeonas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,236
“campeón” frequency rank
#35,924
“campeonas” frequency rank
38160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campeón campeonas
Definition Héroe famoso en armas, o que sobresale en las acciones mas señaladaso de la guerra. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de campeonar.

Where the eye mixes campeón and campeonas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. campeón runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against campeonas's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
campeón
9 ch
campeonas

Why the eye confuses campeón with campeonas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: campeón is [kãmpeˈõn] while campeonas is [kãmpeˈonas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campeón is recorded at frequency rank #2,236, classified as anoun, pronounced [kãmpeˈõn]. campeonas is at rank #35,924, tagged as averb, pronounced [kãmpeˈonas].

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 38160, this pair ranks #171,527 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of campeón vs campeonas

Shared letters: acemnp. Private to "campeón": ó. Private to "campeonas": os.

"campeón" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "campeonas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campeonas ← acmpeonas · cameponas · cammpeonas · campenoas · campeoans · campeonass · campeonnas · campeonsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "campeón" for "campeonas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "campeón" is a noun and "campeonas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "campeón" or "campeonas" show up more?
"campeón" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,236 in our Spanish list, against #35,924 for "campeonas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "campeón" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "campeonas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171,527 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campeón" and "campeonas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campeonas vs campesinas". 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 #171,527 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