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Which to use

“fresa” and “fresas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,852
“fresa” frequency rank
#17,711
“fresas” frequency rank
32563
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fresa fresas
Definition (Fragaria spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies e híbridos de plantas rastreras de la familia de las rosáceas, cultivadas por su fruto comestible. Son plantas perennes que producen brotes nuevos cada año; presentan una roseta basal de donde surgen las hojas y los tallos florales, a cuyo extremo aparecen las flores, de cinco pétalos blancos, cinco sépalos y numerosos estambres. De la roseta basal surgen también otro tipo de tallos rastreros que producen raíces adventicias de donde nacen otras plantas. El fruto es en realidad un eterio, un engrosamiento del receptáculo floral, siendo los puntitos que hay sobre él los auténticos frutos. Forma del plural de fresa.

Where the eye mixes fresa and fresas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fresa runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against fresas's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
fresa
6 ch
fresas

Visual trap between fresa and fresas

A purely visual mix-up. fresa ([ˈfɾesa]) and fresas ([ˈfɾesas]) 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 extra letter(s) - “fresa” sits inside “fresas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fresa is recorded at frequency rank #14,852, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɾesa]. fresas is at rank #17,711, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɾesas].

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 32563, this pair ranks #201,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fresa vs fresas

Shared letters: aefrs. Private to "fresa": -. Private to "fresas": -.

"fresa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "fresas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fresa ← fersa · ffresa · freas · fressa · frresa · frsea · rfesa
  • fresas ← fersas · ffresas · freass · fresass · fressas · frresas · frseas · rfesas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fresa" and "fresas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfɾesa] versus [ˈfɾesas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fresa" vs "fresas" - which ranks higher?
"fresa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,852 in our Spanish list, against #17,711 for "fresas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "fresa" and "fresas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fresa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fresas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fresa" and "fresas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fredy vs fresa". 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 #201,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list