Which to use
“picture” and “pictures” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,261
- “picture” frequency rank
- #32,334
- “pictures” frequency rank
- 69595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | picture | pictures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pintura, cuadro, retrato. | Forma del plural de picture ('imágenes') |
Where the eye mixes picture and pictures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. picture runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pictures's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between picture and pictures
A purely visual mix-up. picture (/ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/) and pictures (/ˈpɪk.t͡ʃəz/) 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) - “picture” sits inside “pictures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
picture is recorded at frequency rank #37,261, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/. pictures is at rank #32,334, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɪk.t͡ʃəz/.
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 69595, this pair ranks #31,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of picture vs pictures
Shared letters: ceiprtu. Private to "picture": -. Private to "pictures": s.
"picture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pictures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "picture" and "pictures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "picture" or "pictures"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "picture" and "pictures" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "picture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pictures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "picture" and "pictures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pictures vs pintores". 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 #31,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.