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

#39,839
“legos” frequency rank
#32,280
“lisos” frequency rank
72119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature legos lisos
Definition Forma del plural de lego. Forma del plural de liso.

Where the eye mixes legos and lisos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. legos and lisos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
legos
5 ch
lisos

Visual trap between legos and lisos

A purely visual mix-up. legos ([ˈleɣ̞os]) and lisos ([ˈlisos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72119, 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]. lisos is at rank #32,280, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈlisos].

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 72119, this pair ranks #26,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of legos vs lisos

Shared letters: los. Private to "legos": eg. Private to "lisos": i.

"legos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "lisos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legos ← elgos · leggos · legoss · legso · leogs · lgeos · llegos
  • lisos ← ilsos · lioss · lisoss · lissos · llisos · lsios

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "legos" for "lisos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈleɣ̞os] versus [ˈlisos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "legos" or "lisos" show up more?
"lisos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,280 in our Spanish list, against #39,839 for "legos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "legos" and "lisos" 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 "lisos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "legos" and "lisos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legos vs lens". 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 #26,064 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