fasvsflagsTell them apart

Which to use

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

#27,227
“fas” frequency rank
#47,144
“flags” frequency rank
74371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fas flags
Definition Cara, faz, haz, jeta, rostro. Forma del plural de flag.

Where the eye mixes fas and flags

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
fas
5 ch
flags

Visual trap between fas and flags

A purely visual mix-up. fas (/ˈfasː/) and flags (/flæɡz/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fas is recorded at frequency rank #27,227, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfasː/. flags is at rank #47,144, tagged as anoun, pronounced /flæɡz/.

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 74371, this pair ranks #21,466 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fas vs flags

Shared letters: afs. Private to "fas": -. Private to "flags": gl.

"fas" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "flags" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flagsfalgs · fflags · flaggs · flagss · flasg · flgas · fllags · lfags

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fas" and "flags" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈfasː/ versus /flæɡz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "fas" or "flags" show up more?
"fas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,227 in our Spanish list, against #47,144 for "flags". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "fas" and "flags" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "flags" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,466 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fas" and "flags" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flags vs flama". 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 #21,466 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