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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.

10 ch
colindante
11 ch
colindantes

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

Is swapping "colindante" for "colindantes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kolĩn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪e] versus [kolĩn̪ˈd̪ãn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "colindante" or "colindantes"?
"colindantes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,025 in our Spanish list, against #49,520 for "colindante". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list