Which to use
“electrodo” and “electrodos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,143
- “electrodo” frequency rank
- #33,097
- “electrodos” frequency rank
- 77240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | electrodo | electrodos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Extremo de un conductor que en contacto con un medio, sea líquido, sólido, gaseoso o vacío, transfiere o recibe una corriente eléctrica | Forma del plural de electrodo. |
Where the eye mixes electrodo and electrodos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses electrodo with electrodos
A purely visual mix-up. electrodo ([elekˈt̪ɾoð̞o]) and electrodos ([elekˈt̪ɾoð̞os]) 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) - “electrodo” sits inside “electrodos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
electrodo is recorded at frequency rank #44,143, classified as anoun, pronounced [elekˈt̪ɾoð̞o]. electrodos is at rank #33,097, tagged as anoun, pronounced [elekˈt̪ɾoð̞os].
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 77240, this pair ranks #16,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of electrodo vs electrodos
Shared letters: cdelort. Private to "electrodo": -. Private to "electrodos": s.
"electrodo" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCCVCV · "electrodos" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- electrodo ← eelctrodo · elcetrodo · elecctrodo · elecrtodo · electordo · electrdoo · electroddo · electrood
- electrodos ← eelctrodos · elcetrodos · elecctrodos · elecrtodos · electordos · electrdoos · electroddos · electrodoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "electrodo" for "electrodos" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "electrodo" or "electrodos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "electrodo" and "electrodos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "electrodo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "electrodos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "electrodo" and "electrodos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "electrodo vs electrón". 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 #16,354 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.