Which to use
“durazno” and “duraznos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,965
- “durazno” frequency rank
- #45,278
- “duraznos” frequency rank
- 66243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | durazno | duraznos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Prunus persica) Árbol frutal de la familia de las rosáceas, natural de China y hoy extensamente cultivado por su fruto comestible. Es un árbol de porte mediano y fuste delgado, de entre 5 y 10 m de altura, caducifolio, con hojas lanceoladas y flores rosa, solitarias o por pares, pentámeras. Su fruto es una drupa de piel amarilla o rojiza y pulpa blanca o amarilla, muy dulce y fragante. Requiere mucha agua, buen sol y no resiste las heladas. | Forma del plural de durazno. |
Where the eye mixes durazno and duraznos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. durazno runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against duraznos's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses durazno with duraznos
A purely visual mix-up. durazno ([d̪uˈɾasno]) and duraznos ([d̪uˈɾasnos]) 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) - “durazno” sits inside “duraznos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
durazno is recorded at frequency rank #20,965, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪uˈɾasno]. duraznos is at rank #45,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪uˈɾasnos].
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 66243, this pair ranks #40,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of durazno vs duraznos
Shared letters: adnoruz. Private to "durazno": -. Private to "duraznos": s.
"durazno" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "duraznos" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "durazno" and "duraznos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "durazno" or "duraznos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "durazno" and "duraznos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "durazno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duraznos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "durazno" and "duraznos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "durando vs durazno". 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 #40,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.