Which to use
“pintamos” is a verb and “pintos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,597
- “pintamos” frequency rank
- #39,922
- “pintos” frequency rank
- 88519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pintamos | pintos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de pintar. | Forma del plural de pinto. |
Where the eye mixes pintamos and pintos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pintamos vs pintos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pintamos is [pĩn̪ˈt̪amos] while pintos is [ˈpĩn̪t̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pintamos is recorded at frequency rank #48,597, classified as averb, pronounced [pĩn̪ˈt̪amos]. pintos is at rank #39,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpĩn̪t̪os].
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 88519, this pair ranks #3,727 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pintamos vs pintos
Shared letters: inopst. Private to "pintamos": am. Private to "pintos": -.
"pintamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "pintos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pintamos" for "pintos" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pintamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pintos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,727 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pintamos" and "pintos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pintos vs prontos". 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 #3,727 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.