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

#4,537
“pizza” frequency rank
#14,202
“pizzas” frequency rank
18739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pizza pizzas
Definition Torta plana de harina leudada, cubierta con salsa, queso y otros aderezos, que de la gastronomía italiana se ha extendido a todo el mundo. Forma del plural de pizza.

Where the eye mixes pizza and pizzas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
pizza
6 ch
pizzas

Why the eye confuses pizza with pizzas

A purely visual mix-up. pizza ([ˈpisa]) and pizzas ([ˈpisas]) 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) - “pizza” sits inside “pizzas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pizza is recorded at frequency rank #4,537, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpisa]. pizzas is at rank #14,202, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpisas].

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 18739, this pair ranks #266,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pizza vs pizzas

Shared letters: aipz. Private to "pizza": -. Private to "pizzas": s.

"pizza" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "pizzas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pizzaipzza · piza · pizaz · ppizza · pziza
  • pizzasipzzas · pizas · pizazs · pizzass · pizzsa · ppizzas · pzizas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pizza" and "pizzas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpisa] versus [ˈpisas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pizza" or "pizzas" show up more?
"pizza" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,537 in our Spanish list, against #14,202 for "pizzas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "pizza" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pizzas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #266,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pizza" and "pizzas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pizzas vs pozas". 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 #266,666 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