Which to use
“fresa” is a noun and “fresh” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,852
- “fresa” frequency rank
- #40,314
- “fresh” frequency rank
- 55166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fresa | fresh |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Fresco. |
Where the eye mixes fresa and fresh
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses fresa with fresh
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fresa is [ˈfɾesa] while fresh is /fɹɛʃ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “fresa” becomes h in “fresh”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55166, 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]. fresh is at rank #40,314, tagged as anadj, pronounced /fɹɛʃ/.
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 55166, this pair ranks #80,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fresa vs fresh
Shared letters: efrs. Private to "fresa": a. Private to "fresh": h.
"fresa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "fresh" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fresa" for "fresh" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fresa" vs "fresh" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fresa" and "fresh" 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 "fresh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fresa" and "fresh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fredy vs fresh". 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 #80,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.