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“colindante” and “colindantes” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,520
- “colindante” frequency rank
- #33,025
- “colindantes” frequency rank
- 82545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | colindante | colindantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que colinda; dícese de los campos, terrenos o edificios contiguos entre sí. | Forma del plural de colindante. |
Where the eye mixes colindante and colindantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. colindante runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against colindantes's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: colindante vs colindantes
A purely visual mix-up. colindante ([kolĩn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪e]) and colindantes ([kolĩn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪es]) 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) - “colindante” sits inside “colindantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
colindante is recorded at frequency rank #49,520, classified as anadj, pronounced [kolĩn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪e]. colindantes is at rank #33,025, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kolĩn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪es].
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 82545, this pair ranks #9,127 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of colindante vs colindantes
Shared letters: acdeilnot. Private to "colindante": -. Private to "colindantes": s.
"colindante" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "colindantes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- colindante ← ccolindante · cloindante · coilndante · colidnante · colinadnte · colindanet · colindannte · colindantte
- colindantes ← ccolindantes · cloindantes · coilndantes · colidnantes · colinadntes · colindanets · colindanntes · colindantess
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "colindante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colindantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,127 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "colindante" and "colindantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colindante vs comandante". 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 #9,127 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.