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

#29,718
“ligamento” frequency rank
#33,692
“ligamentos” frequency rank
63410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ligamento ligamentos
Definition Cordón de fibras de tejido conectivo, resistente y ligeramente elástico, que une entre sí dos huesos formando una articulación. Forma del plural de ligamento.

Where the eye mixes ligamento and ligamentos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
ligamento
10 ch
ligamentos

Look-alike desk: ligamento vs ligamentos

A purely visual mix-up. ligamento ([liɣ̞aˈmẽn̪t̪o]) and ligamentos ([liɣ̞aˈmẽn̪t̪os]) 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) - “ligamento” sits inside “ligamentos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ligamento is recorded at frequency rank #29,718, classified as anoun, pronounced [liɣ̞aˈmẽn̪t̪o]. ligamentos is at rank #33,692, tagged as anoun, pronounced [liɣ̞aˈmẽn̪t̪os].

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 63410, this pair ranks #48,852 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ligamento vs ligamentos

Shared letters: aegilmnot. Private to "ligamento": -. Private to "ligamentos": s.

"ligamento" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV  ·  "ligamentos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ligamentoilgamento · lgiamento · liagmento · ligaemnto · ligamennto · ligamenot · ligamentto · ligametno
  • ligamentosilgamentos · lgiamentos · liagmentos · ligaemntos · ligamenntos · ligamenots · ligamentoss · ligamentso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ligamento" and "ligamentos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([liɣ̞aˈmẽn̪t̪o] versus [liɣ̞aˈmẽn̪t̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ligamento" vs "ligamentos" - which ranks higher?
"ligamento" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,718 in our Spanish list, against #33,692 for "ligamentos". 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 "ligamento" and "ligamentos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ligamento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ligamentos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,852 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ligamento" and "ligamentos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lamentos vs ligamentos". 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 #48,852 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