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

#1,718
“concurso” frequency rank
#8,634
“concursos” frequency rank
10352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurso concursos
Definition Competencia abierta entre diversos candidatos en quienes concurren las mismas condiciones, para escoger al mejor o a los mejores. Forma del plural de concurso.

Where the eye mixes concurso and concursos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. concurso runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against concursos's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
concurso
9 ch
concursos

Visual trap between concurso and concursos

A purely visual mix-up. concurso ([kõŋˈkuɾso]) and concursos ([kõŋˈkuɾsos]) 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) - “concurso” sits inside “concursos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurso is recorded at frequency rank #1,718, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõŋˈkuɾso]. concursos is at rank #8,634, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõŋˈkuɾsos].

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 10352, this pair ranks #298,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of concurso vs concursos

Shared letters: cnorsu. Private to "concurso": -. Private to "concursos": -.

"concurso" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "concursos" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurso ← cconcurso · cnocurso · cocnurso · conccurso · concruso · concuros · concurrso · concursso
  • concursos ← cconcursos · cnocursos · cocnursos · conccursos · concrusos · concuross · concurrsos · concursoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concurso" and "concursos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈkuɾso] versus [kõŋˈkuɾsos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concurso" or "concursos" show up more?
"concurso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,718 in our Spanish list, against #8,634 for "concursos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "concurso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concursos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #298,944 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurso" and "concursos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concursos vs conjuros". 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 #298,944 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