Which to use
“ejido” and “ejidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,417
- “ejido” frequency rank
- #47,091
- “ejidos” frequency rank
- 64508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ejido | ejidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Campo o tierra que está a la salida del pueblo, que no se planta ni se labra, y es común para todos los vecinos y suele servir de era para descargar en él las mieses y limpiarlas. | Forma del plural de ejido. |
Where the eye mixes ejido and ejidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between ejido and ejidos
A purely visual mix-up. ejido ([eˈxið̞o]) and ejidos ([eˈxið̞os]) 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) - “ejido” sits inside “ejidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ejido is recorded at frequency rank #17,417, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈxið̞o]. ejidos is at rank #47,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eˈxið̞os].
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 64508, this pair ranks #45,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ejido vs ejidos
Shared letters: deijo. Private to "ejido": -. Private to "ejidos": s.
"ejido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ejidos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ejido" for "ejidos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ejido" vs "ejidos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ejido" and "ejidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ejido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ejidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ejido" and "ejidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejidos vs épicos". 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 #45,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.