Which to use
“paños” and “pavos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,556
- “paños” frequency rank
- #25,395
- “pavos” frequency rank
- 51951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paños | pavos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cualquier género de vestiduras. | Forma del plural de pavo. |
Where the eye mixes paños and pavos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. paños and pavos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: paños vs pavos
A purely visual mix-up. paños ([ˈpaɲos]) and pavos ([ˈpaβ̞os]) 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 a single letter - ñ in “paños” becomes v in “pavos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paños is recorded at frequency rank #26,556, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɲos]. pavos is at rank #25,395, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaβ̞os].
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 51951, this pair ranks #95,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paños vs pavos
Shared letters: aops. Private to "paños": ñ. Private to "pavos": v.
"paños" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "pavos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pavos ← apvos · pabos · paovs · pavoss · pavso · pavvos · ppavos · pvaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "paños" for "pavos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "paños" or "pavos"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "paños" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pavos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paños" and "pavos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacos vs paños". 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 #95,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.