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“lirio” and “lirios” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,218
- “lirio” frequency rank
- #37,693
- “lirios” frequency rank
- 75911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lirio | lirios |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Iris) especies de monocotiledóneas rizomatosas. | Forma del plural de lirio. |
Where the eye mixes lirio and lirios
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lirio runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against lirios's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between lirio and lirios
A purely visual mix-up. lirio ([ˈliɾjo]) and lirios ([ˈliɾjos]) 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) - “lirio” sits inside “lirios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lirio is recorded at frequency rank #38,218, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈliɾjo]. lirios is at rank #37,693, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈliɾjos].
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 75911, this pair ranks #18,671 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lirio vs lirios
Shared letters: ilor. Private to "lirio": -. Private to "lirios": s.
"lirio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "lirios" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lirio" and "lirios" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "lirio" or "lirios" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lirio" and "lirios" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lirio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lirios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,671 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lirio" and "lirios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lirios vs lyrics". 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 #18,671 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.