Which to use
“tela” and “tutela” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,955
- “tela” frequency rank
- #12,499
- “tutela” frequency rank
- 17454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tela | tutela |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Material formado por numerosos hilos dispuestos en dos juegos perpendicularmente dispuestos, llamados urdimbre y trama, que se entrelazan manual o mecánicamente para formar una lámina | Amparo concedido por la ley a los huérfanos y menores. |
Where the eye mixes tela and tutela
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tela runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tutela's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tela vs tutela
A purely visual mix-up. tela ([ˈt̪ela]) and tutela ([t̪uˈt̪ela]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “tela” sits inside “tutela”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tela is recorded at frequency rank #4,955, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ela]. tutela is at rank #12,499, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪uˈt̪ela].
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 17454, this pair ranks #272,048 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tela vs tutela
Shared letters: aelt. Private to "tela": -. Private to "tutela": u.
"tela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tutela" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tela" for "tutela" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tela" or "tutela"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tutela" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,048 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tela" and "tutela" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tutela vs tutelar". 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 #272,048 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.