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

#4,101
“pedazo” frequency rank
#5,649
“pedazos” frequency rank
9750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pedazo pedazos
Definition Parte o porción separada de un todo. Forma del plural de pedazo.

Where the eye mixes pedazo and pedazos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pedazo runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against pedazos's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
pedazo
7 ch
pedazos

Look-alike desk: pedazo vs pedazos

A purely visual mix-up. pedazo ([peˈð̞aso]) and pedazos ([peˈð̞asos]) 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) - “pedazo” sits inside “pedazos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pedazo is recorded at frequency rank #4,101, classified as anoun, pronounced [peˈð̞aso]. pedazos is at rank #5,649, tagged as anoun, pronounced [peˈð̞asos].

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 9750, this pair ranks #300,943 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pedazo vs pedazos

Shared letters: adeopz. Private to "pedazo": -. Private to "pedazos": s.

"pedazo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "pedazos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pedazo ← epdazo · pdeazo · peadzo · pedaoz · pedazzo · peddazo · pedzao · ppedazo
  • pedazos ← epdazos · pdeazos · peadzos · pedaozs · pedazoss · pedazso · pedazzos · peddazos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pedazo" and "pedazos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peˈð̞aso] versus [peˈð̞asos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pedazo" or "pedazos"?
"pedazo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,101 in our Spanish list, against #5,649 for "pedazos". 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 "pedazo" and "pedazos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pedazo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pedazos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,943 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pedazo" and "pedazos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pedazo vs pétalo". 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 #300,943 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