cansinovscasinosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cansino is a adjective, casinos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cansino” is an adjective and “casinos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,626
“cansino” frequency rank
#18,178
“casinos” frequency rank
65804
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cansino casinos
Definition Que denota debilidad por el cansancio o fatiga. Forma del plural de casino.

Where the eye mixes cansino and casinos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cansino (CVCCVCV) and casinos (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
cansino
7 ch
casinos

Visual trap between cansino and casinos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cansino is [kãnˈsino] while casinos is [kaˈsinos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cansino is recorded at frequency rank #47,626, classified as anadj, pronounced [kãnˈsino]. casinos is at rank #18,178, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈsinos].

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 65804, this pair ranks #41,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cansino vs casinos

Shared letters: acinos. Private to "cansino": -. Private to "casinos": -.

"cansino" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "casinos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cansinoacnsino · cancino · canisno · cannsino · cansinno · cansion · cansnio · canssino
  • casinosacsinos · cacinos · caisnos · casinnos · casinoss · casinso · casions · casnios

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cansino" and "casinos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cansino" is an adjective and "casinos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cansino" or "casinos"?
"casinos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,178 in our Spanish list, against #47,626 for "cansino". 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 "cansino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casinos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cansino" and "casinos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caninos vs cansino". 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 #41,578 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