Which to use
“rodilla” and “rodillas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,066
- “rodilla” frequency rank
- #6,356
- “rodillas” frequency rank
- 13422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rodilla | rodillas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Articulación medial de la pata o pierna, que une el muslo con la pantorrilla en los bípedos o el antebrazo y la caña en los cuadrúpedos. | Forma del plural de rodilla. |
Where the eye mixes rodilla and rodillas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rodilla runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against rodillas's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rodilla vs rodillas
A purely visual mix-up. rodilla ([roˈð̞iʝa]) and rodillas ([roˈð̞iʝas]) 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) - “rodilla” sits inside “rodillas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rodilla is recorded at frequency rank #7,066, classified as anoun, pronounced [roˈð̞iʝa]. rodillas is at rank #6,356, tagged as anoun, pronounced [roˈð̞iʝas].
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 13422, this pair ranks #287,931 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rodilla vs rodillas
Shared letters: adilor. Private to "rodilla": -. Private to "rodillas": s.
"rodilla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "rodillas" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rodilla" and "rodillas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rodilla" or "rodillas" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rodilla" and "rodillas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rodilla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rodillas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,931 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rodilla" and "rodillas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rodilla vs rodillos". 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 #287,931 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.