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“carajo” and “carajos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,069
- “carajo” frequency rank
- #11,534
- “carajos” frequency rank
- 13603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carajo | carajos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Órgano eréctil que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, homólogo del clítoris femenino, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto genitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante la excreción y la cópula; en el ser humano no es retráctil. Está compuesto en su mayor parte por tejidos esponjosos, llamados cuerpos cavernosos, que al saturarse de sangre producen la erección. | Forma del plural de carajo. |
Where the eye mixes carajo and carajos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: carajo vs carajos
A purely visual mix-up. carajo ([kaˈɾaxo]) and carajos ([kaˈɾaxos]) 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 extra letter(s) - “carajo” sits inside “carajos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carajo is recorded at frequency rank #2,069, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈɾaxo]. carajos is at rank #11,534, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈɾaxos].
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 13603, this pair ranks #287,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of carajo vs carajos
Shared letters: acjor. Private to "carajo": -. Private to "carajos": s.
"carajo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "carajos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carajo" and "carajos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "carajo" or "carajos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "carajo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carajos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carajo" and "carajos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carajos vs curados". 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 #287,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.