Which to use
“infarto” and “infartos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,156
- “infarto” frequency rank
- #44,792
- “infartos” frequency rank
- 54948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | infarto | infartos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Muerte de un tejido o necrosis, por falta de irrigación sanguínea. Es la consecuencia de la obstrucción del o de los vasos sanguíneos que llevan sangre a ese lugar del cuerpo. | Forma del plural de infarto. |
Where the eye mixes infarto and infartos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. infarto runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against infartos's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses infarto with infartos
A purely visual mix-up. infarto ([ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]) and infartos ([ĩɱˈfaɾt̪os]) 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) - “infarto” sits inside “infartos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
infarto is recorded at frequency rank #10,156, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪o]. infartos is at rank #44,792, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩɱˈfaɾt̪os].
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 54948, this pair ranks #81,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of infarto vs infartos
Shared letters: afinort. Private to "infarto": -. Private to "infartos": s.
"infarto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "infartos" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "infarto" and "infartos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "infarto" or "infartos" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "infarto" and "infartos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "infarto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "infartos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "infarto" and "infartos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "infartos vs injertos". 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 #81,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.