suciosvssuizosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: sucios is a adjective, suizos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sucios” is an adjective and “suizos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,937
“sucios” frequency rank
#18,089
“suizos” frequency rank
29026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sucios suizos
Definition Forma del masculino plural de sucio. Forma del plural de suizo.

Where the eye mixes sucios and suizos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
sucios
6 ch
suizos

Visual trap between sucios and suizos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sucios is [ˈsusjos] while suizos is [ˈswisos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sucios is recorded at frequency rank #10,937, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈsusjos]. suizos is at rank #18,089, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈswisos].

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 29026, this pair ranks #219,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sucios vs suizos

Shared letters: iosu. Private to "sucios": c. Private to "suizos": z.

"sucios" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "suizos" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suciosscuios · ssucios · succios · sucioss · suciso · sucois · suicos · susios
  • suizossiuzos · ssuizos · suiozs · suizoss · suizso · suizzos · suzios · usizos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sucios" and "suizos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sucios" is an adjective and "suizos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sucios" or "suizos" show up more?
"sucios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,937 in our Spanish list, against #18,089 for "suizos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sucios" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suizos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #219,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sucios" and "suizos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suizos vs sumidos". 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 #219,049 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