Which to use
“cebolla” and “cebollas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,520
- “cebolla” frequency rank
- #19,948
- “cebollas” frequency rank
- 27468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cebolla | cebollas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Allium cepa) Hierba bulbosa de la familia de las Aliáceas, cultivada casi universalmente para su empleo en gastronomía; se consume principalmente el bulbo. Las hojas son tubulares, basales, formando una roseta erecta o dispersa que brota de los bulbos subterráneos, y alcanzan los 65 cm de altura; son de color verde oscuro, glabras. Presenta también uno o más tallos florales, más erectos y largos que las hojas adyacentes. Carecen por lo general de hojas, aunque pueden poseer un par, caulinas; en su ápice brota una umbela esferoidal, raramente poblada de flores pediceladas. | Forma del plural de cebolla. |
Where the eye mixes cebolla and cebollas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cebolla runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against cebollas's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cebolla vs cebollas
A purely visual mix-up. cebolla ([seˈβ̞oʝa]) and cebollas ([seˈβ̞oʝas]) 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) - “cebolla” sits inside “cebollas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cebolla is recorded at frequency rank #7,520, classified as anoun, pronounced [seˈβ̞oʝa]. cebollas is at rank #19,948, tagged as anoun, pronounced [seˈβ̞oʝas].
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 27468, this pair ranks #226,693 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cebolla vs cebollas
Shared letters: abcelo. Private to "cebolla": -. Private to "cebollas": s.
"cebolla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "cebollas" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cebolla" for "cebollas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cebolla" vs "cebollas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cebolla" and "cebollas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cebolla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cebollas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,693 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cebolla" and "cebollas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cebollas vs criollas". 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 #226,693 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.