fajasvsfeasConfusable pair

Quick tell: fajas is a noun, feas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fajas” is a noun and “feas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,751
“fajas” frequency rank
#12,154
“feas” frequency rank
56905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fajas feas
Definition Forma del plural de faja. Forma del femenino plural de feo.

Where the eye mixes fajas and feas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fajas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against feas's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
fajas
4 ch
feas

Look-alike desk: fajas vs feas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fajas is [ˈfaxas] while feas is [ˈfeas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fajas is recorded at frequency rank #44,751, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaxas]. feas is at rank #12,154, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfeas].

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 56905, this pair ranks #72,644 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fajas vs feas

Shared letters: afs. Private to "fajas": j. Private to "feas": e.

"fajas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "feas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fajas ← afjas · faajs · fajass · fajjas · fajsa · ffajas · fjaas
  • feas ← efas · feass · fesa · ffeas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fajas" and "feas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fajas" is a noun and "feas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fajas" vs "feas" - which ranks higher?
"feas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,154 in our Spanish list, against #44,751 for "fajas". 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 "fajas" and "feas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fajas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "feas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,644 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fajas" and "feas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fajas vs flojas". 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 #72,644 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