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“cesto” and “cisco” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,014
“cesto” frequency rank
#20,929
“cisco” frequency rank
53943
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cesto cisco
Definition Recipiente tejido con mimbres, varillas u otros derivados de la madera, o hecho con materiales sintéticos, en especial cuando es más alto que ancho, y de mayor tamaño que una cesta normal. Carbón, generalmente vegetal, en porciones pequeñas.

Where the eye mixes cesto and cisco

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
cesto
5 ch
cisco

Look-alike desk: cesto vs cisco

A purely visual mix-up. cesto ([ˈsest̪o]) and cisco ([ˈsisko]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cesto is recorded at frequency rank #33,014, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsest̪o]. cisco is at rank #20,929, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsisko].

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 53943, this pair ranks #85,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cesto vs cisco

Shared letters: cos. Private to "cesto": et. Private to "cisco": i.

"cesto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "cisco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cestoccesto · cesot · cessto · cestto · cetso · cseto · ecsto · sesto
  • ciscoccisco · cicso · ciscco · cisoc · cissco · csico · icsco · sisco

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cesto" and "cisco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈsest̪o] versus [ˈsisko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cesto" or "cisco"?
"cisco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,929 in our Spanish list, against #33,014 for "cesto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cesto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cisco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #85,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cesto" and "cisco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedo vs cesto". 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 #85,513 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