ejidovsejidosWhat's the difference?

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.

5 ch
ejido
6 ch
ejidos

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

  • ejidoeijdo · ejdio · ejiddo · ejiod · ejjido · jeido
  • ejidoseijdos · ejdios · ejiddos · ejidoss · ejidso · ejiods · ejjidos · jeidos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ejido" for "ejidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eˈxið̞o] versus [eˈxið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ejido" vs "ejidos" - which ranks higher?
"ejido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,417 in our Spanish list, against #47,091 for "ejidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list