Which to use
“police” and “póliza” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,809
- “police” frequency rank
- #19,538
- “póliza” frequency rank
- 52347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | police | póliza |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Policía. | Documento legal que avala los contratos de seguros, fletamentos, operaciones de bolsa y otras transacciones comerciales. |
Where the eye mixes police and póliza
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. police and póliza follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: police vs póliza
A purely visual mix-up. police (/pəˈliːs/) and póliza ([ˈpolisa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
police is recorded at frequency rank #32,809, classified as anoun, pronounced /pəˈliːs/. póliza is at rank #19,538, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpolisa].
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 52347, this pair ranks #93,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of police vs póliza
Shared letters: ilp. Private to "police": ceo. Private to "póliza": azó.
"police" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "póliza" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- police ← oplice · ploice · poilce · polcie · policce · poliec · polise · pollice
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "police" and "póliza" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "police" vs "póliza" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "police" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "póliza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "police" and "póliza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "póliza vs pulida". 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 #93,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.