Which to use
“cedro” and “cedros” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,550
- “cedro” frequency rank
- #46,409
- “cedros” frequency rank
- 71959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cedro | cedros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Árbol de gran tamaño, de madera olorosa y copa cónica o vertical, muy utilizados para ornamentación de parques. Constituye un género de coníferas pináceas. | Forma del plural de cedro. |
Where the eye mixes cedro and cedros
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cedro runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cedros's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cedro and cedros
A purely visual mix-up. cedro ([ˈseð̞ɾo]) and cedros ([ˈseð̞ɾos]) 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) - “cedro” sits inside “cedros”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cedro is recorded at frequency rank #25,550, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈseð̞ɾo]. cedros is at rank #46,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈseð̞ɾos].
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 71959, this pair ranks #26,379 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cedro vs cedros
Shared letters: cdeor. Private to "cedro": -. Private to "cedros": s.
"cedro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cedros" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cedro" for "cedros" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cedro" or "cedros" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cedro" and "cedros" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cedro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cedros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,379 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cedro" and "cedros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedo vs cedros". 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 #26,379 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.