Which to use
“pilón” and “piloto” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,991
- “pilón” frequency rank
- #3,280
- “piloto” frequency rank
- 51271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pilón | piloto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Receptáculo de piedra, que se construye en las fuentes para que, cayendo el agua en él, sirva de abrevadero, de lavadero o para otros usos. | Conductor de un barco. |
Where the eye mixes pilón and piloto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pilón vs piloto
A purely visual mix-up. pilón ([piˈlõn]) and piloto ([piˈlot̪o]) 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 51271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pilón is recorded at frequency rank #47,991, classified as anoun, pronounced [piˈlõn]. piloto is at rank #3,280, tagged as anoun, pronounced [piˈlot̪o].
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 51271, this pair ranks #98,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pilón vs piloto
Shared letters: ilp. Private to "pilón": nó. Private to "piloto": ot.
"pilón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "piloto" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- piloto ← iploto · pilloto · piloot · pilotto · piltoo · piolto · plioto · ppiloto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pilón" and "piloto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pilón" vs "piloto" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pilón" and "piloto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pilón" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piloto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pilón" and "piloto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillen vs pilón". 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 #98,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.