Which to use
“focos” and “fono” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,914
- “focos” frequency rank
- #40,847
- “fono” frequency rank
- 54761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | focos | fono |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de foco. | Dispositivo de telecomunicación que recibe y transmite sonido, codificado como impulsos eléctricos, mediante un cable o una señal de radio, permitiendo así la comunicación entre ubicaciones distantes |
Where the eye mixes focos and fono
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. focos runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against fono's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between focos and fono
A purely visual mix-up. focos ([ˈfokos]) and fono ([ˈfono]) 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 54761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
focos is recorded at frequency rank #13,914, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfokos]. fono is at rank #40,847, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfono].
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 54761, this pair ranks #81,899 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of focos vs fono
Shared letters: fo. Private to "focos": cs. Private to "fono": n.
"focos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fono" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "focos" and "fono" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "focos" vs "fono" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "focos" and "fono" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "focos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fono" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,899 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "focos" and "fono" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fono 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 #81,899 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.