humanosvshúmedosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#769
“humanos” frequency rank
#19,763
“húmedos” frequency rank
20532
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature humanos húmedos
Definition Forma del plural de humano. Forma del masculino plural de húmedo.

Where the eye mixes humanos and húmedos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. humanos and húmedos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
humanos
7 ch
húmedos

Look-alike desk: humanos vs húmedos

A purely visual mix-up. humanos ([uˈmanos]) and húmedos ([ˈumeð̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

humanos is recorded at frequency rank #769, classified as anadj, pronounced [uˈmanos]. húmedos is at rank #19,763, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈumeð̞os].

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 20532, this pair ranks #258,923 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of humanos vs húmedos

Shared letters: hmos. Private to "humanos": anu. Private to "húmedos": deú.

"humanos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "húmedos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • humanos ← hhumanos · hmuanos · huamnos · humannos · humanoss · humanso · humaons · hummanos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "humanos" for "húmedos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([uˈmanos] versus [ˈumeð̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "humanos" vs "húmedos" - which ranks higher?
"humanos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #769 in our Spanish list, against #19,763 for "húmedos". 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 "humanos" and "húmedos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "humanos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "húmedos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #258,923 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "humanos" and "húmedos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "húmedas vs húmedos". 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 #258,923 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