interésvsinternosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#686
“interés” frequency rank
#3,932
“internos” frequency rank
4618
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interés internos
Definition Preferencia o inclinación que se siente por algo. Forma del plural de interno.

Where the eye mixes interés and internos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
interés
8 ch
internos

Visual trap between interés and internos

A purely visual mix-up. interés ([ĩn̪t̪eˈɾes]) and internos ([ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾnos]) 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 4618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interés is recorded at frequency rank #686, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eˈɾes]. internos is at rank #3,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾnos].

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 4618, this pair ranks #315,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of interés vs internos

Shared letters: einrst. Private to "interés": é. Private to "internos": o.

"interés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "internos" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • internosinetrnos · innternos · intenros · internnos · internoss · internso · interons · interrnos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "interés" for "internos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪t̪eˈɾes] versus [ĩn̪ˈt̪eɾnos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "interés" or "internos"?
"interés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #686 in our Spanish list, against #3,932 for "internos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "internos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interés" and "internos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "injertos vs internos". 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 #315,652 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