Which to use
“focas” and “focos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,995
- “focas” frequency rank
- #13,914
- “focos” frequency rank
- 41909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | focas | focos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de foca. | Forma del plural de foco. |
Where the eye mixes focas and focos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. focas and focos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses focas with focos
A purely visual mix-up. focas ([ˈfokas]) and focos ([ˈfokos]) 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 a single letter - a in “focas” becomes o in “focos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
focas is recorded at frequency rank #27,995, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfokas]. focos is at rank #13,914, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfokos].
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 41909, this pair ranks #151,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of focas vs focos
Shared letters: cfos. Private to "focas": a. Private to "focos": -.
"focas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "focos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "focas" for "focos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "focas" or "focos"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "focas" and "focos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "focas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "focos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "focas" and "focos" 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 #151,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.