Which to use
“fes” and “fresa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,122
- “fes” frequency rank
- #14,852
- “fresa” frequency rank
- 52974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fes | fresa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de fe. | (Fragaria spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies e híbridos de plantas rastreras de la familia de las rosáceas, cultivadas por su fruto comestible. Son plantas perennes que producen brotes nuevos cada año; presentan una roseta basal de donde surgen las hojas y los tallos florales, a cuyo extremo aparecen las flores, de cinco pétalos blancos, cinco sépalos y numerosos estambres. De la roseta basal surgen también otro tipo de tallos rastreros que producen raíces adventicias de donde nacen otras plantas. El fruto es en realidad un eterio, un engrosamiento del receptáculo floral, siendo los puntitos que hay sobre él los auténticos frutos. |
Where the eye mixes fes and fresa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fes runs 3 letters (CVC) against fresa's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses fes with fresa
A purely visual mix-up. fes ([ˈfes]) and fresa ([ˈfɾesa]) 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 52974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fes is recorded at frequency rank #38,122, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfes]. fresa is at rank #14,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɾesa].
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 52974, this pair ranks #90,164 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fes vs fresa
Shared letters: efs. Private to "fes": -. Private to "fresa": ar.
"fes" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "fresa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- fresa ← fersa · ffresa · freas · fressa · frresa · frsea · rfesa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fes" and "fresa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "fes" or "fresa" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fresa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,164 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fes" and "fresa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faces vs fes". 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 #90,164 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.