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

#8,541
“juguete” frequency rank
#6,554
“juguetes” frequency rank
15095
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature juguete juguetes
Definition Objeto destinado al juego de los niños. Forma del plural de juguete.

Where the eye mixes juguete and juguetes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. juguete runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against juguetes's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
juguete
8 ch
juguetes

Why the eye confuses juguete with juguetes

A purely visual mix-up. juguete ([xuˈɣ̞et̪e]) and juguetes ([xuˈɣ̞et̪es]) 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) - “juguete” sits inside “juguetes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

juguete is recorded at frequency rank #8,541, classified as anoun, pronounced [xuˈɣ̞et̪e]. juguetes is at rank #6,554, tagged as anoun, pronounced [xuˈɣ̞et̪es].

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 15095, this pair ranks #281,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of juguete vs juguetes

Shared letters: egjtu. Private to "juguete": -. Private to "juguetes": s.

"juguete" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "juguetes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • juguete ← jguuete · jjuguete · jugeute · jugguete · jugueet · juguette · jugutee · juugete
  • juguetes ← jguuetes · jjuguetes · jugeutes · jugguetes · jugueets · juguetess · juguetse · juguettes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "juguete" and "juguetes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([xuˈɣ̞et̪e] versus [xuˈɣ̞et̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "juguete" vs "juguetes" - which ranks higher?
"juguetes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,554 in our Spanish list, against #8,541 for "juguete". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "juguete" and "juguetes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "juguete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "juguetes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "juguete" and "juguetes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jugaste vs juguete". 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 #281,526 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