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

#296
“hombres” frequency rank
#5,008
“hombro” frequency rank
5304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hombres hombro
Definition Forma del plural de hombre. Parte del cuerpo que liga al cuello la articulación del brazo en el hombre.

Where the eye mixes hombres and hombro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
hombres
6 ch
hombro

Look-alike desk: hombres vs hombro

A purely visual mix-up. hombres ([ˈõmbɾes]) and hombro ([ˈõmbɾo]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hombres is recorded at frequency rank #296, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈõmbɾes]. hombro is at rank #5,008, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈõmbɾo].

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 5304, this pair ranks #313,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hombres vs hombro

Shared letters: bhmor. Private to "hombres": es. Private to "hombro": -.

"hombres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "hombro" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hombreshhombres · hmobres · hobmres · hombbres · hombers · hombress · hombrres · hombrse
  • hombrohhombro · hmobro · hobmro · hombbro · hombor · hombrro · hommbro · homrbo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hombres" and "hombro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈõmbɾes] versus [ˈõmbɾo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "hombres" or "hombro"?
"hombres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #296 in our Spanish list, against #5,008 for "hombro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hombres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hombro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #313,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hombres" and "hombro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hombría vs hombro". 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 #313,962 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