hambrientovshambrientosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#22,719
“hambriento” frequency rank
#20,701
“hambrientos” frequency rank
43420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hambriento hambrientos
Definition Afectado por el hambre, que tiene necesidad física de alimento. Forma del plural de hambriento.

Where the eye mixes hambriento and hambrientos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. hambriento runs 10 letters (CVCCCVVCCV) against hambrientos's 11 (CVCCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
hambriento
11 ch
hambrientos

Look-alike desk: hambriento vs hambrientos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hambriento is [ãmˈbɾjẽn̪t̪o] while hambrientos is [ãmˈbɾjẽn̪t̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “hambriento” sits inside “hambrientos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hambriento is recorded at frequency rank #22,719, classified as anadj, pronounced [ãmˈbɾjẽn̪t̪o]. hambrientos is at rank #20,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ãmˈbɾjẽn̪t̪os].

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 43420, this pair ranks #142,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hambriento vs hambrientos

Shared letters: abehimnort. Private to "hambriento": -. Private to "hambrientos": s.

"hambriento" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVVCCV  ·  "hambrientos" · 11 letters · shape CVCCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hambriento ← ahmbriento · habmriento · hambbriento · hambirento · hambreinto · hambriennto · hambrienot · hambrientto
  • hambrientos ← ahmbrientos · habmrientos · hambbrientos · hambirentos · hambreintos · hambrienntos · hambrienots · hambrientoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hambriento" and "hambrientos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hambriento" is an adjective and "hambrientos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hambriento" vs "hambrientos" - which ranks higher?
"hambrientos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,701 in our Spanish list, against #22,719 for "hambriento". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hambriento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hambrientos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #142,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hambriento" and "hambrientos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hambrienta vs hambriento". 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 #142,756 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