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

#14,219
“rebaño” frequency rank
#32,372
“rebaños” frequency rank
46591
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rebaño rebaños
Definition Conjunto de animales mamíferos domesticados, principalmente de ovejas o vacunos. Forma del plural de rebaño.

Where the eye mixes rebaño and rebaños

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rebaño runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against rebaños's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rebaño
7 ch
rebaños

Look-alike desk: rebaño vs rebaños

A purely visual mix-up. rebaño ([reˈβ̞aɲo]) and rebaños ([reˈβ̞aɲos]) 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) - “rebaño” sits inside “rebaños”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rebaño is recorded at frequency rank #14,219, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈβ̞aɲo]. rebaños is at rank #32,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈβ̞aɲos].

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 46591, this pair ranks #124,853 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rebaño vs rebaños

Shared letters: abeorñ. Private to "rebaño": -. Private to "rebaños": s.

"rebaño" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rebaños" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rebaño" and "rebaños" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈβ̞aɲo] versus [reˈβ̞aɲos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rebaño" or "rebaños" show up more?
"rebaño" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,219 in our Spanish list, against #32,372 for "rebaños". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rebaño" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rebaños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,853 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rebaño" and "rebaños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebaños vs rezamos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #124,853 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