seasonvssesosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#27,006
“season” frequency rank
#34,343
“sesos” frequency rank
61349
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature season sesos
Definition Estación (cada una de los cuatro periodos en que se divide el año, primavera, verano, otoño e invierno). Forma del plural de seso.

Where the eye mixes season and sesos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. season runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against sesos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
season
5 ch
sesos

Look-alike desk: season vs sesos

A purely visual mix-up. season (/ˈsiː.zən/) and sesos ([ˈsesos]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

season is recorded at frequency rank #27,006, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsiː.zən/. sesos is at rank #34,343, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsesos].

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 61349, this pair ranks #55,751 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of season vs sesos

Shared letters: eos. Private to "season": an. Private to "sesos": -.

"season" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "sesos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • season ← ceason · esason · saeson · seaosn · seasno · seasonn · seasson · sesaon
  • sesos ← cesos · seoss · sesoss · sesso · sessos · sseos · ssesos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "season" and "sesos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈsiː.zən/ versus [ˈsesos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "season" or "sesos"?
"season" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,006 in our Spanish list, against #34,343 for "sesos". 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 "season" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sesos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,751 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "season" and "sesos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sesos vs soso". 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 #55,751 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