Which to use
“duende” and “dueños” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,671
- “duende” frequency rank
- #3,838
- “dueños” frequency rank
- 21509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | duende | dueños |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pequeña criatura mitológica de pequeño tamaño. | Forma del plural de dueño. |
Where the eye mixes duende and dueños
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: duende vs dueños
A purely visual mix-up. duende ([ˈd̪wẽn̪d̪e]) and dueños ([ˈd̪weɲos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
duende is recorded at frequency rank #17,671, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪wẽn̪d̪e]. dueños is at rank #3,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪weɲos].
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 21509, this pair ranks #254,611 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of duende vs dueños
Shared letters: deu. Private to "duende": n. Private to "dueños": osñ.
"duende" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "dueños" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- duende ← dduende · deunde · duedne · duendde · duened · duennde · dunede · udende
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "duende" for "dueños" ever safe?
Which is more common, "duende" or "dueños"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "duende" and "dueños" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "duende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dueños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,611 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "duende" and "dueños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dense vs duende". 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 #254,611 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.