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

#15,744
“tranquilas” frequency rank
#2,139
“tranquilo” frequency rank
17883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tranquilas tranquilo
Definition Forma del femenino plural de tranquilo. Pacífico, sin conmoción, calmado.

Where the eye mixes tranquilas and tranquilo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
tranquilas
9 ch
tranquilo

Visual trap between tranquilas and tranquilo

A purely visual mix-up. tranquilas ([t̪ɾãŋˈkilas]) and tranquilo ([t̪ɾãŋˈkilo]) 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 17883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tranquilas is recorded at frequency rank #15,744, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪ɾãŋˈkilas]. tranquilo is at rank #2,139, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪ɾãŋˈkilo].

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 17883, this pair ranks #270,290 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tranquilas vs tranquilo

Shared letters: ailnqrtu. Private to "tranquilas": s. Private to "tranquilo": o.

"tranquilas" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVVCVC  ·  "tranquilo" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tranquilasrtanquilas · tarnquilas · trannquilas · tranqiulas · tranqquilas · tranquials · tranquilass · tranquillas
  • tranquilortanquilo · tarnquilo · trannquilo · tranqiulo · tranqquilo · tranquillo · tranquiol · tranqulio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tranquilas" for "tranquilo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾãŋˈkilas] versus [t̪ɾãŋˈkilo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tranquilas" or "tranquilo"?
"tranquilo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,139 in our Spanish list, against #15,744 for "tranquilas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tranquilas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tranquilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #270,290 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tranquilas" and "tranquilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tranquilas vs tranquilos". 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 #270,290 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