Which to use
“Ébola” is a name and “ebria” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,519
- “Ébola” frequency rank
- #34,074
- “ebria” frequency rank
- 49593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Ébola | ebria |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Ebolavirus) Virus causante de una enfermedad infecciosa, caracterizada por fiebre hemorrágica, que es altamente contagiosa y muy severa, afectatando a todo tipo de primates, incluidos los seres humanos y a otros mamíferos. | Forma del femenino de ebrio. |
Where the eye mixes Ébola and ebria
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Ébola (VCVCV) and ebria (VCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Ébola vs ebria
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Ébola is [ˈeβ̞ola] while ebria is [ˈeβ̞ɾja]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Ébola is recorded at frequency rank #15,519, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈeβ̞ola]. ebria is at rank #34,074, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈeβ̞ɾja].
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 49593, this pair ranks #107,934 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Ébola vs ebria
Shared letters: ab. Private to "Ébola": loé. Private to "ebria": eir.
"Ébola" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ebria" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ebria ← beria · ebbria · ebira · ebrai · ebrria · erbia · evria
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Ébola" for "ebria" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Ébola" vs "ebria" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Ébola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ebria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,934 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Ébola" and "ebria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ebria vs Ezra". 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 #107,934 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.