Which to use
“monitor” and “monitores” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,462
- “monitor” frequency rank
- #18,902
- “monitores” frequency rank
- 26364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | monitor | monitores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Persona encargada de guiar y orientar a un grupo de personas. | Forma del plural de monitor. |
Where the eye mixes monitor and monitores
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses monitor with monitores
A purely visual mix-up. monitor ([moniˈt̪oɾ]) and monitores ([moniˈt̪oɾes]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “monitor” sits inside “monitores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
monitor is recorded at frequency rank #7,462, classified as anoun, pronounced [moniˈt̪oɾ]. monitores is at rank #18,902, tagged as anoun, pronounced [moniˈt̪oɾes].
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 26364, this pair ranks #231,995 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of monitor vs monitores
Shared letters: imnort. Private to "monitor": -. Private to "monitores": es.
"monitor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "monitores" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "monitor" for "monitores" ever safe?
Which is more common, "monitor" or "monitores"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "monitor" and "monitores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "monitor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "monitores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,995 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "monitor" and "monitores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentores vs monitores". 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 #231,995 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.