siguientevssiguientesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#389
“siguiente” frequency rank
#924
“siguientes” frequency rank
1313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature siguiente siguientes
Definition Que está, va o acontece inmediatamente a continuación o después. Forma del plural de siguiente.

Where the eye mixes siguiente and siguientes

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

9 ch
siguiente
10 ch
siguientes

Visual trap between siguiente and siguientes

A purely visual mix-up. siguiente ([siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e]) and siguientes ([siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪es]) 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) - “siguiente” sits inside “siguientes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

siguiente is recorded at frequency rank #389, classified as anadj, pronounced [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e]. siguientes is at rank #924, tagged as anadj, pronounced [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪es].

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 1313, this pair ranks #322,259 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of siguiente vs siguientes

Shared letters: eginstu. Private to "siguiente": -. Private to "siguientes": -.

"siguiente" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCCV  ·  "siguientes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • siguiente ← ciguiente · isguiente · sgiuiente · sigguiente · sigiuente · sigueinte · siguienet · siguiennte
  • siguientes ← ciguientes · isguientes · sgiuientes · sigguientes · sigiuentes · sigueintes · siguienets · siguienntes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "siguiente" and "siguientes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e] versus [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "siguiente" vs "siguientes" - which ranks higher?
"siguiente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #389 in our Spanish list, against #924 for "siguientes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "siguiente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "siguientes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #322,259 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "siguiente" and "siguientes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "siguiente vs sirviente". 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 #322,259 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