grasosvsguisosWhich spelling fits?

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

#27,622
“grasos” frequency rank
#34,602
“guisos” frequency rank
62224
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grasos guisos
Definition Forma del plural de graso. Forma del plural de guiso.

Where the eye mixes grasos and guisos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grasos (CCVCVC) and guisos (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
grasos
6 ch
guisos

Why the eye confuses grasos with guisos

A purely visual mix-up. grasos ([ˈgɾasos]) and guisos ([ˈgisos]) 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 62224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grasos is recorded at frequency rank #27,622, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾasos]. guisos is at rank #34,602, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgisos].

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 62224, this pair ranks #52,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of grasos vs guisos

Shared letters: gos. Private to "grasos": ar. Private to "guisos": iu.

"grasos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "guisos" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grasos ← garsos · ggrasos · graoss · grasoss · grasso · grassos · grrasos · grsaos
  • guisos ← gguisos · giusos · guioss · guisoss · guissos · gusios · ugisos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "grasos" for "guisos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈgɾasos] versus [ˈgisos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "grasos" or "guisos" show up more?
"grasos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,622 in our Spanish list, against #34,602 for "guisos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grasos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guisos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grasos" and "guisos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guiños vs guisos". 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 #52,756 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