esculturavsesculturasTell them apart

Which to use

“escultura” and “esculturas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,115
“escultura” frequency rank
#13,239
“esculturas” frequency rank
22354
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature escultura esculturas
Definition Arte plástica cuyos medios de expresión son la forma y el volumen. Forma del plural de escultura.

Where the eye mixes escultura and esculturas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. escultura runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against esculturas's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
escultura
10 ch
esculturas

Why the eye confuses escultura with esculturas

A purely visual mix-up. escultura ([eskul̪ˈt̪uɾa]) and esculturas ([eskul̪ˈt̪uɾas]) 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) - “escultura” sits inside “esculturas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

escultura is recorded at frequency rank #9,115, classified as anoun, pronounced [eskul̪ˈt̪uɾa]. esculturas is at rank #13,239, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eskul̪ˈt̪uɾas].

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 22354, this pair ranks #250,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of escultura vs esculturas

Shared letters: acelrstu. Private to "escultura": -. Private to "esculturas": -.

"escultura" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "esculturas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • escultura ← ecsultura · esccultura · esclutura · esculltura · escultrua · esculttura · escultuar · esculturra
  • esculturas ← ecsulturas · escculturas · escluturas · escullturas · escultruas · escultturas · escultuars · esculturass

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "escultura" for "esculturas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eskul̪ˈt̪uɾa] versus [eskul̪ˈt̪uɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "escultura" vs "esculturas" - which ranks higher?
"escultura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,115 in our Spanish list, against #13,239 for "esculturas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "escultura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "esculturas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "escultura" and "esculturas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escultores vs esculturas". 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 #250,721 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