títulovsTitusTell them apart

Which to use

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

#860
“título” frequency rank
#40,027
“Titus” frequency rank
40887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature título Titus
Definition Frase o palabra con que se enuncia el asunto o nombre de una obra, o alguna de sus partes o capítulos. Tito.

Where the eye mixes título and Titus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
título
5 ch
Titus

Why the eye confuses título with Titus

A purely visual mix-up. título ([ˈt̪it̪ulo]) and Titus (['ti.tus]) 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 40887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

título is recorded at frequency rank #860, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪it̪ulo]. Titus is at rank #40,027, tagged as anoun, pronounced ['ti.tus].

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 40887, this pair ranks #156,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of título vs Titus

Shared letters: tu. Private to "título": loí. Private to "Titus": is.

"título" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Titus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Titusittus · titsu · tittus · tituss · ttitus · ttius

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "título" and "Titus" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪it̪ulo] versus ['ti.tus]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "título" or "Titus"?
"título" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #860 in our Spanish list, against #40,027 for "Titus". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "título" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Titus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #156,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "título" and "Titus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tintos vs Titus". 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 #156,657 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