scorevsshareConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#35,251
“score” frequency rank
#23,231
“share” frequency rank
58482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature score share
Definition Puntuación, nota. Parte.

Where the eye mixes score and share

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
score
5 ch
share

Why the eye confuses score with share

A purely visual mix-up. score (/skɔː/) and share (/ʃɛə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

score is recorded at frequency rank #35,251, classified as anoun, pronounced /skɔː/. share is at rank #23,231, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃɛə/.

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 58482, this pair ranks #66,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of score vs share

Shared letters: ers. Private to "score": co. Private to "share": ah.

"score" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "share" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • scorecsore · sccore · scoer · scorre · scroe · socre · sscore
  • sharehsare · sahre · shaer · sharre · shhare · shrae · sshare

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "score" and "share" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/skɔː/ versus /ʃɛə/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "score" or "share"?
"share" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,231 in our Spanish list, against #35,251 for "score". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "score" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "share" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "score" and "share" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "score vs sure". 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 #66,294 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