pedazosvspegamosConfusable pair

Quick tell: pedazos is a noun, pegamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pedazos” is a noun and “pegamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,649
“pedazos” frequency rank
#35,672
“pegamos” frequency rank
41321
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pedazos pegamos
Definition Forma del plural de pedazo. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de pegar.

Where the eye mixes pedazos and pegamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pedazos and pegamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
pedazos
7 ch
pegamos

Why the eye confuses pedazos with pegamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pedazos is [peˈð̞asos] while pegamos is [peˈɣ̞amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pedazos is recorded at frequency rank #5,649, classified as anoun, pronounced [peˈð̞asos]. pegamos is at rank #35,672, tagged as averb, pronounced [peˈɣ̞amos].

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 41321, this pair ranks #154,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pedazos vs pegamos

Shared letters: aeops. Private to "pedazos": dz. Private to "pegamos": gm.

"pedazos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pegamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pedazos ← epdazos · pdeazos · peadzos · pedaozs · pedazoss · pedazso · pedazzos · peddazos
  • pegamos ← epgamos · peagmos · pegammos · pegamoss · pegamso · pegaoms · peggamos · pegmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pedazos" for "pegamos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pedazos" is a noun and "pegamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "pedazos" or "pegamos"?
"pedazos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,649 in our Spanish list, against #35,672 for "pegamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "pedazos" and "pegamos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pedazos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pegamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #154,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pedazos" and "pegamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pegamos vs pésimos". 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 #154,288 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