Which to use
“interino” and “interinos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,477
- “interino” frequency rank
- #41,434
- “interinos” frequency rank
- 50911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | interino | interinos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que provisionalmente suple la ausencia de otra persona o cosa. | Forma del plural de interino. |
Where the eye mixes interino and interinos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses interino with interinos
A purely visual mix-up. interino ([ĩn̪t̪eˈɾino]) and interinos ([ĩn̪t̪eˈɾinos]) 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) - “interino” sits inside “interinos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
interino is recorded at frequency rank #9,477, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eˈɾino]. interinos is at rank #41,434, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eˈɾinos].
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 50911, this pair ranks #100,669 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of interino vs interinos
Shared letters: einort. Private to "interino": -. Private to "interinos": s.
"interino" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "interinos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "interino" and "interinos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "interino" or "interinos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "interino" and "interinos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "interino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "interinos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,669 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "interino" and "interinos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interina vs interinos". 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 #100,669 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.