ecosvsesasConfusable pair

Quick tell: ecos is a noun, esas is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ecos” is a noun and “esas” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,306
“ecos” frequency rank
#331
“esas” frequency rank
21637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ecos esas
Definition Forma del plural de eco. Se reifere vagamente a una situación, argumento o circunstancia frente a la cual se tiene una reacción negativa, reprobatoria o escéptica.

Where the eye mixes ecos and esas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
ecos
4 ch
esas

Look-alike desk: ecos vs esas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ecos is [ˈekos] while esas is [ˈesas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ecos is recorded at frequency rank #21,306, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈekos]. esas is at rank #331, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈesas].

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 21637, this pair ranks #254,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ecos vs esas

Shared letters: es. Private to "ecos": co. Private to "esas": a.

"ecos" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "esas" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ecosceos · eccos · ecoss · ecso · eocs
  • esaseass · esass · essa · essas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ecos" for "esas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ecos" is a noun and "esas" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ecos" vs "esas" - which ranks higher?
"esas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #331 in our Spanish list, against #21,306 for "ecos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ecos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "esas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #254,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ecos" and "esas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ecos vs eses". 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 #254,026 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