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

#39,839
“legos” frequency rank
#47,908
“lens” frequency rank
87747
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature legos lens
Definition Forma del plural de lego. Lente.

Where the eye mixes legos and lens

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. legos runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against lens's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
legos
4 ch
lens

Look-alike desk: legos vs lens

A purely visual mix-up. legos ([ˈleɣ̞os]) and lens (/lɛnz/) 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 87747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

legos is recorded at frequency rank #39,839, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈleɣ̞os]. lens is at rank #47,908, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɛnz/.

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 87747, this pair ranks #4,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of legos vs lens

Shared letters: els. Private to "legos": go. Private to "lens": n.

"legos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "lens" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legos ← elgos · leggos · legoss · legso · leogs · lgeos · llegos
  • lens ← elns · lenns · lenss · lesn · llens · lnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "legos" and "lens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈleɣ̞os] versus /lɛnz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "legos" vs "lens" - which ranks higher?
"legos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,839 in our Spanish list, against #47,908 for "lens". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "legos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "legos" and "lens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lens vs llené". 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 #4,271 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