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

#8,355
“conejo” frequency rank
#14,317
“conejos” frequency rank
22672
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conejo conejos
Definition (familia Leporidae) Cualquiera de unas dos docenas de especies de pequeños mamíferos lagomorfos, de pelo tupido, orejas erguidas tan largas como la cabeza, un rabo muy corto, patas delanteras cortas y traseras muy largas, que le permiten desplazarse con brincos. Habita en madrigueras que cava en la tierra y es muy prolífico. Se lo cría como animal de compañía, y para aprovechar su carne, su cuero y su pelo. Forma del plural de conejo.

Where the eye mixes conejo and conejos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. conejo runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against conejos's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
conejo
7 ch
conejos

Look-alike desk: conejo vs conejos

A purely visual mix-up. conejo ([koˈnexo]) and conejos ([koˈnexos]) 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) - “conejo” sits inside “conejos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conejo is recorded at frequency rank #8,355, classified as anoun, pronounced [koˈnexo]. conejos is at rank #14,317, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koˈnexos].

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 22672, this pair ranks #249,253 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conejo vs conejos

Shared letters: cejno. Private to "conejo": -. Private to "conejos": s.

"conejo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "conejos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conejo ← cconejo · cnoejo · coenjo · conejjo · coneoj · conjeo · connejo · ocnejo
  • conejos ← cconejos · cnoejos · coenjos · conejjos · conejoss · conejso · coneojs · conjeos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conejo" and "conejos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([koˈnexo] versus [koˈnexos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "conejo" or "conejos" show up more?
"conejo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,355 in our Spanish list, against #14,317 for "conejos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conejo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conejos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #249,253 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conejo" and "conejos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conejos vs contemos". 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 #249,253 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