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

#19,647
“campesinas” frequency rank
#4,976
“campesinos” frequency rank
24623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campesinas campesinos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de campesino. Forma del plural de campesino.

Where the eye mixes campesinas and campesinos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. campesinas and campesinos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
campesinas
10 ch
campesinos

Visual trap between campesinas and campesinos

A purely visual mix-up. campesinas ([kãmpeˈsinas]) and campesinos ([kãmpeˈsinos]) 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 a single letter - a in “campesinas” becomes o in “campesinos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campesinas is recorded at frequency rank #19,647, classified as anadj, pronounced [kãmpeˈsinas]. campesinos is at rank #4,976, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kãmpeˈsinos].

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 24623, this pair ranks #240,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of campesinas vs campesinos

Shared letters: aceimnps. Private to "campesinas": -. Private to "campesinos": o.

"campesinas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "campesinos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campesinasacmpesinas · camepsinas · cammpesinas · campecinas · campeisnas · campesians · campesinass · campesinnas
  • campesinosacmpesinos · camepsinos · cammpesinos · campecinos · campeisnos · campesinnos · campesinoss · campesinso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "campesinas" for "campesinos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kãmpeˈsinas] versus [kãmpeˈsinos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "campesinas" vs "campesinos" - which ranks higher?
"campesinos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,976 in our Spanish list, against #19,647 for "campesinas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "campesinas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "campesinos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #240,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campesinas" and "campesinos" 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 #240,291 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