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“fiesta” and “fiestas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #893
- “fiesta” frequency rank
- #2,026
- “fiestas” frequency rank
- 2919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiesta | fiestas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Día consagrado a actos religiosos. Día en que se celebran ceremonias religiosas. | Sucesión de varios días de fiesta. |
Where the eye mixes fiesta and fiestas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fiesta runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against fiestas's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fiesta vs fiestas
A purely visual mix-up. fiesta ([ˈfjest̪a]) and fiestas ([ˈfjest̪as]) 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) - “fiesta” sits inside “fiestas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiesta is recorded at frequency rank #893, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfjest̪a]. fiestas is at rank #2,026, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfjest̪as].
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 2919, this pair ranks #319,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fiesta vs fiestas
Shared letters: aefist. Private to "fiesta": -. Private to "fiestas": -.
"fiesta" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "fiestas" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "fiesta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fiestas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiesta" and "fiestas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fiesta vs finita". 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 #319,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.