Which to use
“grifo” and “guiño” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,381
- “grifo” frequency rank
- #18,852
- “guiño” frequency rank
- 39233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grifo | guiño |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bestia mitológica de cabeza de águila y cuerpo de león. | Seña que se hace con el ojo, cerrándolo brevemente, para significar, entre otras cosas, una doble intención. Acción de guiñar. |
Where the eye mixes grifo and guiño
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grifo and guiño
A purely visual mix-up. grifo ([ˈgɾifo]) and guiño ([ˈgiɲo]) 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 39233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grifo is recorded at frequency rank #20,381, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgɾifo]. guiño is at rank #18,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgiɲo].
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 39233, this pair ranks #165,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grifo vs guiño
Shared letters: gio. Private to "grifo": fr. Private to "guiño": uñ.
"grifo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "guiño" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- grifo ← ggrifo · girfo · grfio · griffo · griof · grrifo · rgifo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grifo" and "guiño" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grifo" or "guiño"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "grifo" and "guiño" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grifo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guiño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grifo" and "guiño" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guan vs guiño". 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 #165,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.