Which to use
“puesto” is an adjective and “puestos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #410
- “puesto” frequency rank
- #1,787
- “puestos” frequency rank
- 2197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puesto | puestos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que lleva bien cuidado su aspecto exterior, aseado y arreglado. | Forma del plural de puesto. |
Where the eye mixes puesto and puestos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. puesto runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against puestos's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: puesto vs puestos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: puesto is [ˈpwest̪o] while puestos is [ˈpwest̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “puesto” sits inside “puestos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puesto is recorded at frequency rank #410, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈpwest̪o]. puestos is at rank #1,787, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpwest̪os].
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 2197, this pair ranks #320,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of puesto vs puestos
Shared letters: eopstu. Private to "puesto": -. Private to "puestos": -.
"puesto" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "puestos" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "puesto" for "puestos" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "puesto" or "puestos" show up more?
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 "puesto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puestos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puesto" and "puestos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "preto vs puesto". 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 #320,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.