Which to use
“humildad” is a noun and “humildes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,571
- “humildad” frequency rank
- #11,426
- “humildes” frequency rank
- 18997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humildad | humildes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modestia, característica de no tener orgullo, de no ser arrogante. | Forma del plural de humilde. |
Where the eye mixes humildad and humildes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. humildad and humildes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: humildad vs humildes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: humildad is [umil̪ˈd̪að̞] while humildes is [uˈmil̪d̪es]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
humildad is recorded at frequency rank #7,571, classified as anoun, pronounced [umil̪ˈd̪að̞]. humildes is at rank #11,426, tagged as anadj, pronounced [uˈmil̪d̪es].
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 18997, this pair ranks #265,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of humildad vs humildes
Shared letters: dhilmu. Private to "humildad": a. Private to "humildes": es.
"humildad" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "humildes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "humildad" for "humildes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "humildad" vs "humildes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "humildad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humildes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humildad" and "humildes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humildad vs humillada". 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 #265,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.