tragosvstravésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#16,232
“tragos” frequency rank
#309
“través” frequency rank
16541
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tragos través
Definition Forma del plural de trago. Torcimiento de una cosa hacia algún lado.

Where the eye mixes tragos and través

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
tragos
6 ch
través

Why the eye confuses tragos with través

A purely visual mix-up. tragos ([ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞os]) and través ([t̪ɾaˈβ̞es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tragos is recorded at frequency rank #16,232, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞os]. través is at rank #309, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾaˈβ̞es].

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 16541, this pair ranks #275,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tragos vs través

Shared letters: arst. Private to "tragos": go. Private to "través": .

"tragos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "través" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tragosrtagos · targos · traggos · tragoss · tragso · traogs · trgaos · trragos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tragos" and "través" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞os] versus [t̪ɾaˈβ̞es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tragos" vs "través" - which ranks higher?
"través" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #309 in our Spanish list, against #16,232 for "tragos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tragos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "través" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #275,737 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tragos" and "través" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tamos vs tragos". 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 #275,737 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