censoresvscensosConfusable pair

Quick tell: censores is a adjective, censos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“censores” is an adjective and “censos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,258
“censores” frequency rank
#22,298
“censos” frequency rank
53556
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature censores censos
Definition Forma del plural de censor. Forma del plural de censo.

Where the eye mixes censores and censos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. censores runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against censos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
censores
6 ch
censos

Visual trap between censores and censos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: censores is [sẽnˈsoɾes] while censos is [ˈsẽnsos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

censores is recorded at frequency rank #31,258, classified as anadj, pronounced [sẽnˈsoɾes]. censos is at rank #22,298, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsẽnsos].

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 53556, this pair ranks #87,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of censores vs censos

Shared letters: cenos. Private to "censores": r. Private to "censos": -.

"censores" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "censos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • censores ← ccensores · cennsores · cenosres · censoers · censoress · censorres · censorse · censroes
  • censos ← ccensos · cennsos · cenoss · censoss · censsos · cesnos · cnesos · ecnsos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "censores" for "censos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "censores" is an adjective and "censos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "censores" or "censos"?
"censos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,298 in our Spanish list, against #31,258 for "censores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "censores" and "censos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "censores" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "censos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "censores" and "censos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "censal vs censos". 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 #87,316 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list