taxistavstaxistasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,939
“taxista” frequency rank
#11,498
“taxistas” frequency rank
22437
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taxista taxistas
Definition Que se dedica a conducir un taxi. Forma del plural de taxista.

Where the eye mixes taxista and taxistas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. taxista runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against taxistas's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
taxista
8 ch
taxistas

Why the eye confuses taxista with taxistas

A purely visual mix-up. taxista ([t̪akˈsist̪a]) and taxistas ([t̪akˈsist̪as]) 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) - “taxista” sits inside “taxistas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taxista is recorded at frequency rank #10,939, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪akˈsist̪a]. taxistas is at rank #11,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪akˈsist̪as].

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 22437, this pair ranks #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of taxista vs taxistas

Shared letters: aistx. Private to "taxista": -. Private to "taxistas": -.

"taxista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "taxistas" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • taxista ← atxista · taixsta · taxisat · taxissta · taxistta · taxitsa · taxsita · taxxista
  • taxistas ← atxistas · taixstas · taxisats · taxisstas · taxistass · taxistsa · taxisttas · taxitsas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taxista" and "taxistas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪akˈsist̪a] versus [t̪akˈsist̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "taxista" or "taxistas" show up more?
"taxista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,939 in our Spanish list, against #11,498 for "taxistas". 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 "taxista" and "taxistas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "taxista" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "taxistas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taxista" and "taxistas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tácita vs taxista". 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 #250,340 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