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

#7,060
“requisito” frequency rank
#3,441
“requisitos” frequency rank
10501
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature requisito requisitos
Definition Circunstancia o condición necesaria para algo. Forma del plural de requisito

Where the eye mixes requisito and requisitos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. requisito runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCV) against requisitos's 10 (CVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
requisito
10 ch
requisitos

Why the eye confuses requisito with requisitos

A purely visual mix-up. requisito ([rekiˈsit̪o]) and requisitos ([rekiˈsit̪os]) 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) - “requisito” sits inside “requisitos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

requisito is recorded at frequency rank #7,060, classified as anoun, pronounced [rekiˈsit̪o]. requisitos is at rank #3,441, tagged as anoun, pronounced [rekiˈsit̪os].

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 10501, this pair ranks #298,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of requisito vs requisitos

Shared letters: eioqrstu. Private to "requisito": -. Private to "requisitos": -.

"requisito" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV  ·  "requisitos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • requisito ← erquisito · reqiusito · reqquisito · requicito · requiisto · requisiot · requisitto · requissito
  • requisitos ← erquisitos · reqiusitos · reqquisitos · requicitos · requiistos · requisiots · requisitoss · requisitso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "requisito" and "requisitos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([rekiˈsit̪o] versus [rekiˈsit̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "requisito" vs "requisitos" - which ranks higher?
"requisitos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,441 in our Spanish list, against #7,060 for "requisito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "requisito" and "requisitos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "requisito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "requisitos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #298,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "requisito" and "requisitos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "requisito vs riquísimo". 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 #298,375 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