Which to use
“foca” and “focus” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,451
- “foca” frequency rank
- #20,045
- “focus” frequency rank
- 46496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foca | focus |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Foco. |
Where the eye mixes foca and focus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: foca vs focus
A purely visual mix-up. foca ([ˈfoka]) and focus ([ˈfo.kus]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46496, 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]. focus is at rank #20,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfo.kus].
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 46496, this pair ranks #125,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foca vs focus
Shared letters: cfo. Private to "foca": a. Private to "focus": su.
"foca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "focus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foca" and "focus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "foca" or "focus" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "foca" and "focus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "foca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "focus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foca" and "focus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foca vs fora". 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 #125,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.