Which to use
“extraños” and “extremos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,512
- “extraños” frequency rank
- #5,202
- “extremos” frequency rank
- 10714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extraños | extremos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de extraño. | Forma del plural de extremo. |
Where the eye mixes extraños and extremos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. extraños and extremos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: extraños vs extremos
A purely visual mix-up. extraños ([eksˈt̪ɾaɲos]) and extremos ([eksˈt̪ɾemos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extraños is recorded at frequency rank #5,512, classified as anoun, pronounced [eksˈt̪ɾaɲos]. extremos is at rank #5,202, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eksˈt̪ɾemos].
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 10714, this pair ranks #297,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of extraños vs extremos
Shared letters: eorstx. Private to "extraños": añ. Private to "extremos": m.
"extraños" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC · "extremos" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- extremos ← etxremos · exrtemos · extermos · extremmos · extremoss · extremso · extreoms · extrmeos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "extraños" for "extremos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "extraños" or "extremos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "extraños" and "extremos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "extraños" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extremos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extraños" and "extremos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extremeños vs extremos". 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 #297,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.