Which to use
“orgía” and “ostia” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,800
- “orgía” frequency rank
- #26,949
- “ostia” frequency rank
- 49749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | orgía | ostia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Festín en que se come y bebe inmoderadamente y se cometen otros excesos. | (familia Ostreidae) Cualquiera de una veintena de especies de moluscos bivalvos marinos, hermafroditas, de valvas irregulares y muy calcificadas, muy apreciados en gastronomía |
Where the eye mixes orgía and ostia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: orgía vs ostia
A purely visual mix-up. orgía ([oɾˈxia]) and ostia ([ˈost̪ja]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
orgía is recorded at frequency rank #22,800, classified as anoun, pronounced [oɾˈxia]. ostia is at rank #26,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈost̪ja].
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 49749, this pair ranks #107,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of orgía vs ostia
Shared letters: ao. Private to "orgía": grí. Private to "ostia": ist.
"orgía" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "ostia" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ostia ← osita · osstia · ostai · osttia · otsia · sotia
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "orgía" for "ostia" ever safe?
Frequency check: "orgía" vs "ostia" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "orgía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ostia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "orgía" and "ostia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ostia vs ostias". 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 #107,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.