Which to use
“focus” and “fotos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,045
- “focus” frequency rank
- #483
- “fotos” frequency rank
- 20528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | focus | fotos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Foco. | Forma del plural de foto. |
Where the eye mixes focus and fotos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. focus and fotos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between focus and fotos
A purely visual mix-up. focus ([ˈfo.kus]) and fotos ([ˈfot̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
focus is recorded at frequency rank #20,045, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfo.kus]. fotos is at rank #483, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfot̪os].
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 20528, this pair ranks #258,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of focus vs fotos
Shared letters: fos. Private to "focus": cu. Private to "fotos": t.
"focus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fotos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "focus" and "fotos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "focus" or "fotos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "focus" and "fotos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "focus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fotos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "focus" and "fotos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faces vs focus". 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 #258,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.