Which to use
“card” and “cardo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,783
- “card” frequency rank
- #42,867
- “cardo” frequency rank
- 59650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | card | cardo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tarjeta. | Nombre común dado a múltiples especies de plantas en las familias de las asteráceas, las apiáceas y las dipsacáceas, caracterizadas por un tallo herbáceo vertical de gran porte, tachonado de espinas, e inflorescencias terminales en forma de densos capítulos. Muchas especies son comestibles. |
Where the eye mixes card and cardo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between card and cardo
A purely visual mix-up. card (/kɑːd/) and cardo ([ˈkaɾð̞o]) 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) - “card” sits inside “cardo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
card is recorded at frequency rank #16,783, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɑːd/. cardo is at rank #42,867, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaɾð̞o].
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 59650, this pair ranks #61,848 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of card vs cardo
Shared letters: acdr. Private to "card": -. Private to "cardo": o.
"card" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cardo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "card" for "cardo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "card" vs "cardo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "card" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cardo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,848 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "card" and "cardo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cardo vs Charo". 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 #61,848 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.