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

#13,664
“delirio” frequency rank
#23,744
“delirios” frequency rank
37408
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature delirio delirios
Definition Acción o efecto de delirar (tener trastornada la razón). Forma del plural de delirio.

Where the eye mixes delirio and delirios

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. delirio runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against delirios's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
delirio
8 ch
delirios

Visual trap between delirio and delirios

A purely visual mix-up. delirio ([d̪eˈliɾjo]) and delirios ([d̪eˈliɾjos]) 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) - “delirio” sits inside “delirios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

delirio is recorded at frequency rank #13,664, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪eˈliɾjo]. delirios is at rank #23,744, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪eˈliɾjos].

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 37408, this pair ranks #175,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of delirio vs delirios

Shared letters: deilor. Private to "delirio": -. Private to "delirios": s.

"delirio" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "delirios" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • delirio ← ddelirio · deilrio · deliiro · deliroi · delirrio · dellirio · delriio · dleirio
  • delirios ← ddelirios · deilrios · deliiros · delirioss · deliriso · delirois · delirrios · dellirios

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "delirio" and "delirios" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈliɾjo] versus [d̪eˈliɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "delirio" vs "delirios" - which ranks higher?
"delirio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,664 in our Spanish list, against #23,744 for "delirios". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "delirio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "delirios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #175,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "delirio" and "delirios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deliciosa vs delirios". 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 #175,468 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