juegasvsjuegosConfusable pair

Quick tell: juegas is a verb, juegos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“juegas” is a verb and “juegos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,876
“juegas” frequency rank
#745
“juegos” frequency rank
15621
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juegas juegos
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de jugar o de jugarse. Forma del plural de juego.

Where the eye mixes juegas and juegos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. juegas and juegos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
juegas
6 ch
juegos

Why the eye confuses juegas with juegos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: juegas is [ˈxweɣ̞as] while juegos is [ˈxweɣ̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “juegas” becomes o in “juegos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juegas is recorded at frequency rank #14,876, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈxweɣ̞as]. juegos is at rank #745, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈxweɣ̞os].

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 15621, this pair ranks #279,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of juegas vs juegos

Shared letters: egjsu. Private to "juegas": a. Private to "juegos": o.

"juegas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "juegos" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juegas ← jeugas · jjuegas · jueags · juegass · jueggas · juegsa · jugeas · ujegas
  • juegos ← jeugos · jjuegos · jueggos · juegoss · juegso · jueogs · jugeos · ujegos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "juegas" for "juegos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "juegas" is a verb and "juegos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "juegas" vs "juegos" - which ranks higher?
"juegos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #745 in our Spanish list, against #14,876 for "juegas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juegas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juegos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #279,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juegas" and "juegos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "juegas vs juerga". 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 #279,430 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