vacíovsvariosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,753
“vacío” frequency rank
#330
“varios” frequency rank
3083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vacío varios
Definition Que físicamente no contiene nada. Algunos, unos cuantos.

Where the eye mixes vacío and varios

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

5 ch
vacío
6 ch
varios

Visual trap between vacío and varios

A purely visual mix-up. vacío ([baˈsio]) and varios ([ˈbaɾjos]) 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 3083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vacío is recorded at frequency rank #2,753, classified as anadj, pronounced [baˈsio]. varios is at rank #330, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaɾjos].

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 3083, this pair ranks #319,055 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vacío vs varios

Shared letters: aov. Private to "vacío": . Private to "varios": irs.

"vacío" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "varios" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • variosavrios · barios · vairos · varioss · variso · varois · varrios · vraios

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vacío" for "varios" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([baˈsio] versus [ˈbaɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vacío" or "varios"?
"varios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #330 in our Spanish list, against #2,753 for "vacío". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vacío" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "varios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #319,055 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vacío" and "varios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vacila vs vacío". 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 #319,055 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