Which to use
“guión” and “guiones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,566
- “guión” frequency rank
- #17,982
- “guiones” frequency rank
- 25548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guión | guiones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grafía anticuada de guion. | Forma del plural de guion o guión. |
Where the eye mixes guión and guiones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. guión runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against guiones's 7 (CVVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: guión vs guiones
A purely visual mix-up. guión ([ˈgjõn]) and guiones ([ˈgjones]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guión is recorded at frequency rank #7,566, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈgjõn]. guiones is at rank #17,982, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈgjones].
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 25548, this pair ranks #235,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guión vs guiones
Shared letters: ginu. Private to "guión": ó. Private to "guiones": eos.
"guión" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "guiones" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- guiones ← gguiones · giuones · guinoes · guioens · guioness · guionnes · guionse · guoines
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "guión" for "guiones" ever safe?
Frequency check: "guión" vs "guiones" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "guión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guión" and "guiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guiños vs guiones". 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 #235,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.