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

#31,260
“chabón” frequency rank
#47,639
“chabones” frequency rank
78899
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chabón chabones
Definition Pollo de ñandú o choique, desde que comienza a tener plumaje propiamente dicho hasta el año de edad. Forma del plural de chabón.

Where the eye mixes chabón and chabones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chabón runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against chabones's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
chabón
8 ch
chabones

Why the eye confuses chabón with chabones

A purely visual mix-up. chabón ([t͡ʃaˈβ̞õn]) and chabones ([t͡ʃaˈβ̞ones]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chabón is recorded at frequency rank #31,260, classified as anoun, pronounced [t͡ʃaˈβ̞õn]. chabones is at rank #47,639, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t͡ʃaˈβ̞ones].

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 78899, this pair ranks #13,784 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chabón vs chabones

Shared letters: abchn. Private to "chabón": ó. Private to "chabones": eos.

"chabón" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "chabones" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chabones ← cahbones · cchabones · chabbones · chabnoes · chaboens · chaboness · chabonnes · chabonse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chabón" and "chabones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t͡ʃaˈβ̞õn] versus [t͡ʃaˈβ̞ones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "chabón" or "chabones" show up more?
"chabón" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,260 in our Spanish list, against #47,639 for "chabones". 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 "chabón" and "chabones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chabón" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chabones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,784 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chabón" and "chabones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagones vs chabones". 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 #13,784 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