Which to use
“food” and “fotos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,365
- “food” frequency rank
- #483
- “fotos” frequency rank
- 14848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | fotos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comida, alimento. | Forma del plural de foto. |
Where the eye mixes food and fotos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. food runs 4 letters (CVVC) against fotos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between food and fotos
A purely visual mix-up. food (/fuːd/) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #14,365, classified as anoun, pronounced /fuːd/. 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 14848, this pair ranks #282,498 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of food vs fotos
Shared letters: fo. Private to "food": d. Private to "fotos": st.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "fotos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "food" and "fotos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "food" vs "fotos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "food" 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 #282,498 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "fotos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "food 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 #282,498 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.