Which to use
“hongo” and “hongos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,446
- “hongo” frequency rank
- #9,658
- “hongos” frequency rank
- 27104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hongo | hongos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Reinos Fungi y Chromista) Cualquiera de los organismos heterótrofos que digieren su alimento externamente, absorbiendo luego los nutrientes en sus células. Son incapaces de fijar el carbono por sí mismos, y poseen paredes celulares quitinosas. Clasificados antiguamente como vegetales. Su tamaño varía de lo microscópico a lo macroscópico; su reproducción es generalmente por esporas. Al carecer de clorofila nunca son verdes ni pueden hacer fotosíntesis. | Forma del plural de hongo. |
Where the eye mixes hongo and hongos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. hongo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against hongos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between hongo and hongos
A purely visual mix-up. hongo ([ˈõŋgo]) and hongos ([ˈõŋgos]) 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 extra letter(s) - “hongo” sits inside “hongos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hongo is recorded at frequency rank #17,446, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈõŋgo]. hongos is at rank #9,658, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈõŋgos].
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 27104, this pair ranks #228,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hongo vs hongos
Shared letters: ghno. Private to "hongo": -. Private to "hongos": s.
"hongo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hongos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hongo" for "hongos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hongo" or "hongos"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hongo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hongos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hongo" and "hongos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hang vs hongo". 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 #228,431 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.