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

#5,569
“tigre” frequency rank
#17,838
“títere” frequency rank
23407
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tigre títere
Definition (Panthera tigris) Felino asiático de gran tamaño, el mayor del mundo y una de las cuatro especies capaces de rugir gracias a la peculiar conformación de su hioides. Es distintiva su piel rayada de base naranja a blanca con franjas negras. Son predadores solitarios, que cazan en la selva y junto a los ríos, y grandes nadadores. Existen ocho subespecies, distribuidas por el Lejano Oriente, el Indostán y Siberia, todas ellas amenazadas de extinción. Figura de pasta, tela u otro material, movida por alguien, que imita los movimientos humanos y reemplaza al actor en el juego escénico.

Where the eye mixes tigre and títere

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tigre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against títere's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
tigre
6 ch
títere

Look-alike desk: tigre vs títere

A purely visual mix-up. tigre ([ˈt̪iɣ̞ɾe]) and títere ([ˈt̪it̪eɾe]) 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 23407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tigre is recorded at frequency rank #5,569, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪iɣ̞ɾe]. títere is at rank #17,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪it̪eɾe].

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 23407, this pair ranks #245,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tigre vs títere

Shared letters: ert. Private to "tigre": gi. Private to "títere": í.

"tigre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "títere" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tigre ← itgre · tgire · tiggre · tigrre · tirge · ttigre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tigre" for "títere" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪iɣ̞ɾe] versus [ˈt̪it̪eɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tigre" or "títere"?
"tigre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,569 in our Spanish list, against #17,838 for "títere". 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 "tigre" and "títere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tigre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "títere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #245,940 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tigre" and "títere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tetera vs títere". 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 #245,940 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