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

#31,515
“quiosco” frequency rank
#44,956
“quioscos” frequency rank
76471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature quiosco quioscos
Definition Pabellón al aire libre, por lo general abierto, empleado para reuniones sociales y otros eventos. Forma del plural de quiosco.

Where the eye mixes quiosco and quioscos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. quiosco runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against quioscos's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
quiosco
8 ch
quioscos

Visual trap between quiosco and quioscos

A purely visual mix-up. quiosco ([ˈkjosko]) and quioscos ([ˈkjoskos]) 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) - “quiosco” sits inside “quioscos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

quiosco is recorded at frequency rank #31,515, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkjosko]. quioscos is at rank #44,956, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkjoskos].

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 76471, this pair ranks #17,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of quiosco vs quioscos

Shared letters: cioqsu. Private to "quiosco": -. Private to "quioscos": -.

"quiosco" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV  ·  "quioscos" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quiosco ← qiuosco · qquiosco · quiocso · quioscco · quiosoc · quiossco · quisoco · quoisco
  • quioscos ← qiuoscos · qquioscos · quiocsos · quiosccos · quioscoss · quioscso · quiosocs · quiosscos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "quiosco" for "quioscos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkjosko] versus [ˈkjoskos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "quiosco" vs "quioscos" - which ranks higher?
"quiosco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,515 in our Spanish list, against #44,956 for "quioscos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "quiosco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "quioscos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,703 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "quiosco" and "quioscos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kioscos vs quioscos". 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 #17,703 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