Which to use
“dominio” and “dominios” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,981
- “dominio” frequency rank
- #7,550
- “dominios” frequency rank
- 9531
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dominio | dominios |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poder que se tiene sobre cosas o personas. | Forma del plural de dominio. |
Where the eye mixes dominio and dominios
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dominio runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against dominios's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dominio with dominios
A purely visual mix-up. dominio ([d̪oˈminjo]) and dominios ([d̪oˈminjos]) 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) - “dominio” sits inside “dominios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dominio is recorded at frequency rank #1,981, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪oˈminjo]. dominios is at rank #7,550, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪oˈminjos].
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 9531, this pair ranks #301,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dominio vs dominios
Shared letters: dimno. Private to "dominio": -. Private to "dominios": s.
"dominio" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "dominios" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dominio" and "dominios" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dominio" or "dominios" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dominio" and "dominios" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dominio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dominios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dominio" and "dominios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dominios vs dominus". 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 #301,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.