Which to use
“debimos” is a verb and “décimas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,013
- “debimos” frequency rank
- #29,178
- “décimas” frequency rank
- 66191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | debimos | décimas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de deber. | Forma del femenino plural de décimo. |
Where the eye mixes debimos and décimas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: debimos vs décimas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: debimos is [d̪eˈβ̞imos] while décimas is [ˈd̪esimas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
debimos is recorded at frequency rank #37,013, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈβ̞imos]. décimas is at rank #29,178, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪esimas].
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 66191, this pair ranks #40,512 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of debimos vs décimas
Shared letters: dims. Private to "debimos": beo. Private to "décimas": acé.
"debimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "décimas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- debimos ← dbeimos · ddebimos · debbimos · debimmos · debimoss · debimso · debioms · debmios
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "debimos" for "décimas" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "debimos" or "décimas" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "debimos" and "décimas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "debimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décimas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,512 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "debimos" and "décimas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "debías vs debimos". 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 #40,512 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.