grandesvsguantesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: grandes is a adjective, guantes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“grandes” is an adjective and “guantes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#294
“grandes” frequency rank
#9,991
“guantes” frequency rank
10285
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grandes guantes
Definition Forma del plural de grande. Forma del plural de guante.

Where the eye mixes grandes and guantes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grandes (CCVCCVC) and guantes (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
grandes
7 ch
guantes

Look-alike desk: grandes vs guantes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grandes is [ˈgɾãn̪d̪es] while guantes is [ˈgwãn̪t̪es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grandes is recorded at frequency rank #294, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈgɾãn̪d̪es]. guantes is at rank #9,991, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgwãn̪t̪es].

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 10285, this pair ranks #299,166 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of grandes vs guantes

Shared letters: aegns. Private to "grandes": dr. Private to "guantes": tu.

"grandes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "guantes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grandes ← garndes · ggrandes · gradnes · granddes · grandess · grandse · graneds · granndes
  • guantes ← gauntes · gguantes · guanets · guanntes · guantess · guantse · guanttes · guatnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grandes" and "guantes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grandes" is an adjective and "guantes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grandes" or "guantes" show up more?
"grandes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #294 in our Spanish list, against #9,991 for "guantes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grandes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #299,166 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grandes" and "guantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gante vs guantes". 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 #299,166 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