Which to use
“foca” and “focas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,451
- “foca” frequency rank
- #27,995
- “focas” frequency rank
- 54446
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foca | focas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nombre genérico para diversos mamíferos pinnípedos marinos, en particular para aquellos de la familia Fócidos (Phocidae), adaptados a vivir en medios acuáticos la mayor parte del tiempo. Tienen cuerpos alargados y fusiformes, adaptados a la natación; las extremidades anteriores son cortas y aplanadas, mejor preparadas para su uso como aletas que para el desplazamiento en tierra. | Forma del plural de foca. |
Where the eye mixes foca and focas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. foca runs 4 letters (CVCV) against focas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: foca vs focas
A purely visual mix-up. foca ([ˈfoka]) and focas ([ˈfokas]) 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) - “foca” sits inside “focas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foca is recorded at frequency rank #26,451, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfoka]. focas is at rank #27,995, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfokas].
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 54446, this pair ranks #83,265 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foca vs focas
Shared letters: acfo. Private to "foca": -. Private to "focas": s.
"foca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "focas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foca" and "focas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "foca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "focas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,265 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foca" and "focas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flojas vs focas". 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 #83,265 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.