segurasvsseguroTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,218
“seguras” frequency rank
#335
“seguro” frequency rank
10553
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seguras seguro
Definition Forma del femenino plural de seguro. Exento de riesgo o peligro.

Where the eye mixes seguras and seguro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. seguras runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against seguro's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
seguras
6 ch
seguro

Look-alike desk: seguras vs seguro

A purely visual mix-up. seguras ([seˈɣ̞uɾas]) and seguro ([seˈɣ̞uɾo]) 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 10553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seguras is recorded at frequency rank #10,218, classified as anadj, pronounced [seˈɣ̞uɾas]. seguro is at rank #335, tagged as anadj, pronounced [seˈɣ̞uɾo].

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 10553, this pair ranks #298,187 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of seguras vs seguro

Shared letters: egrsu. Private to "seguras": a. Private to "seguro": o.

"seguras" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "seguro" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seguras ← ceguras · esguras · segguras · segruas · seguars · segurass · segurras · segursa
  • seguro ← ceguro · esguro · segguro · segruo · seguor · segurro · seugro · sgeuro

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seguras" for "seguro" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([seˈɣ̞uɾas] versus [seˈɣ̞uɾo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "seguras" vs "seguro" - which ranks higher?
"seguro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #335 in our Spanish list, against #10,218 for "seguras". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "seguras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "seguro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #298,187 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seguras" and "seguro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Segur vs seguras". 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 #298,187 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