Which to use
“card” and “cry” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,783
- “card” frequency rank
- #27,553
- “cry” frequency rank
- 44336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | card | cry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tarjeta. | Llanto |
Where the eye mixes card and cry
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: card vs cry
A purely visual mix-up. card (/kɑːd/) and cry (/kɹaɪ̯/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44336, 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/. cry is at rank #27,553, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹaɪ̯/.
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 44336, this pair ranks #137,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of card vs cry
Shared letters: cr. Private to "card": ad. Private to "cry": y.
"card" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "cry" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- card ← acrd · cadr · cardd · carrd · ccard · crad
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "card" for "cry" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "card" or "cry" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "card" and "cry" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "card" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "card" and "cry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cry vs cuc". 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 #137,632 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.