piezasvsproezasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,309
“piezas” frequency rank
#46,750
“proezas” frequency rank
49059
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature piezas proezas
Definition Forma del plural de pieza. Forma del plural de proeza.

Where the eye mixes piezas and proezas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. piezas runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against proezas's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
piezas
7 ch
proezas

Visual trap between piezas and proezas

A purely visual mix-up. piezas ([ˈpjesas]) and proezas ([pɾoˈesas]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

piezas is recorded at frequency rank #2,309, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpjesas]. proezas is at rank #46,750, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɾoˈesas].

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 49059, this pair ranks #110,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of piezas vs proezas

Shared letters: aepsz. Private to "piezas": i. Private to "proezas": or.

"piezas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "proezas" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • piezas ← ipezas · peizas · pieazs · piezass · piezsa · piezzas · pizeas · ppiezas
  • proezas ← porezas · pproezas · preozas · proeazs · proezass · proezsa · proezzas · prozeas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "piezas" for "proezas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpjesas] versus [pɾoˈesas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "piezas" or "proezas"?
"piezas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,309 in our Spanish list, against #46,750 for "proezas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "piezas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "proezas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "piezas" and "proezas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pozas vs proezas". 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 #110,939 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