Which to use
“puerco” and “puercos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,055
- “puerco” frequency rank
- #35,211
- “puercos” frequency rank
- 53266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puerco | puercos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Sus scrofa domesticus) Animal mamífero, artiodáctilo, de cuerpo robusto y piel gruesa, domesticado desde la Antigüedad para aprovechar su carne y su cuero. Es una variedad de la misma especie que en su forma salvaje se conoce como jabalí. | Forma del plural de puerco. |
Where the eye mixes puerco and puercos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. puerco runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against puercos's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses puerco with puercos
A purely visual mix-up. puerco ([ˈpweɾko]) and puercos ([ˈpweɾkos]) 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) - “puerco” sits inside “puercos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puerco is recorded at frequency rank #18,055, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpweɾko]. puercos is at rank #35,211, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpweɾkos].
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 53266, this pair ranks #88,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of puerco vs puercos
Shared letters: ceopru. Private to "puerco": -. Private to "puercos": s.
"puerco" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "puercos" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "puerco" and "puercos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "puerco" or "puercos"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "puerco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puercos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puerco" and "puercos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pericos vs puercos". 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 #88,721 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.