Which to use
“ceguera” and “cigüeña” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,372
- “ceguera” frequency rank
- #34,495
- “cigüeña” frequency rank
- 51867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ceguera | cigüeña |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pérdida total o parcial de la visión. | (Familia Ciconiidae) Cualquiera de unas veinte especies de aves zancudas, de gran tamaño, que habitan la mayoría de las zonas templadas y cálidas del globo. Son aves de cuello y patas largas, con el pico robusto y vistoso, pesadas, con una gran envergadura de alas, los que los obliga a planear largamente durante las migraciones. |
Where the eye mixes ceguera and cigüeña
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ceguera and cigüeña follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ceguera vs cigüeña
A purely visual mix-up. ceguera ([seˈɣ̞eɾa]) and cigüeña ([siˈɣ̞weɲa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ceguera is recorded at frequency rank #17,372, classified as anoun, pronounced [seˈɣ̞eɾa]. cigüeña is at rank #34,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced [siˈɣ̞weɲa].
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 51867, this pair ranks #95,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ceguera vs cigüeña
Shared letters: aceg. Private to "ceguera": ru. Private to "cigüeña": iñü.
"ceguera" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "cigüeña" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ceguera ← cceguera · cegeura · cegguera · ceguear · ceguerra · cegurea · ceugera · cgeuera
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "ceguera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cigüeña" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ceguera" and "cigüeña" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cigüeña vs ciruela". 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 #95,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.