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

#33,080
“dibujitos” frequency rank
#4,002
“dibujos” frequency rank
37082
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dibujitos dibujos
Definition Forma del plural de dibujito. Forma del plural de dibujo.

Where the eye mixes dibujitos and dibujos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dibujitos runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against dibujos's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
dibujitos
7 ch
dibujos

Visual trap between dibujitos and dibujos

A purely visual mix-up. dibujitos ([d̪iβ̞uˈxit̪os]) and dibujos ([d̪iˈβ̞uxos]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dibujitos is recorded at frequency rank #33,080, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪iβ̞uˈxit̪os]. dibujos is at rank #4,002, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞uxos].

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 37082, this pair ranks #177,197 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dibujitos vs dibujos

Shared letters: bdijosu. Private to "dibujitos": t. Private to "dibujos": -.

"dibujitos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "dibujos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dibujitos ← dbiujitos · ddibujitos · dibbujitos · dibjuitos · dibuijtos · dibujiots · dibujitoss · dibujitso
  • dibujos ← dbiujos · ddibujos · dibbujos · dibjuos · dibujjos · dibujoss · dibujso · dibuojs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dibujitos" for "dibujos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iβ̞uˈxit̪os] versus [d̪iˈβ̞uxos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dibujitos" vs "dibujos" - which ranks higher?
"dibujos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,002 in our Spanish list, against #33,080 for "dibujitos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujitos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dibujos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,197 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dibujitos" and "dibujos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dibujados vs dibujitos". 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 #177,197 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