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

#43,741
“nude” frequency rank
#43,742
“nudes” frequency rank
87483
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nude nudes
Definition Fotografía en la que aparece una persona desnuda o semidesnuda. Forma del plural de nude.

Where the eye mixes nude and nudes

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

4 ch
nude
5 ch
nudes

Visual trap between nude and nudes

A purely visual mix-up. nude ([ˈnuð̞e]) and nudes ([ˈnuð̞es]) 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) - “nude” sits inside “nudes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nude is recorded at frequency rank #43,741, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈnuð̞e]. nudes is at rank #43,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈnuð̞es].

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 87483, this pair ranks #4,458 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nude vs nudes

Shared letters: denu. Private to "nude": -. Private to "nudes": s.

"nude" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nudes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nude ← ndue · nnude · nudde · nued · unde
  • nudes ← ndues · nnudes · nuddes · nudess · nudse · nueds · undes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nude" and "nudes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈnuð̞e] versus [ˈnuð̞es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "nude" or "nudes"?
"nude" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,741 in our Spanish list, against #43,742 for "nudes". 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 "nude" and "nudes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,458 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nude" and "nudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nude vs nui". 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 #4,458 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