hartasvshurtosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#40,334
“hartas” frequency rank
#47,190
“hurtos” frequency rank
87524
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hartas hurtos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de harto. Forma del plural de hurto.

Where the eye mixes hartas and hurtos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
hartas
6 ch
hurtos

Why the eye confuses hartas with hurtos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hartas is [ˈaɾt̪as] while hurtos is [ˈuɾt̪os]. 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 87524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hartas is recorded at frequency rank #40,334, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɾt̪as]. hurtos is at rank #47,190, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈuɾt̪os].

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 87524, this pair ranks #4,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hartas vs hurtos

Shared letters: hrst. Private to "hartas": a. Private to "hurtos": ou.

"hartas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "hurtos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hartasahrtas · harats · harrtas · hartass · hartsa · harttas · hatras · hhartas
  • hurtoshhurtos · hrutos · hurots · hurrtos · hurtoss · hurtso · hurttos · hutros

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hartas" and "hurtos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hartas" is an adjective and "hurtos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hartas" vs "hurtos" - which ranks higher?
"hartas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,334 in our Spanish list, against #47,190 for "hurtos". 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 "hartas" and "hurtos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hartas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hurtos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hartas" and "hurtos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "haram vs hartas". 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 #4,422 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