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

#29,877
“vagas” frequency rank
#9,054
“vago” frequency rank
38931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vagas vago
Definition Forma del femenino plural de vago. Que no desea hacer tareas, ni actividad alguna.

Where the eye mixes vagas and vago

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vagas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against vago's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
vagas
4 ch
vago

Look-alike desk: vagas vs vago

A purely visual mix-up. vagas ([ˈbaɣ̞as]) and vago ([ˈbaɣ̞o]) 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 38931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vagas is recorded at frequency rank #29,877, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaɣ̞as]. vago is at rank #9,054, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaɣ̞o].

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 38931, this pair ranks #167,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vagas vs vago

Shared letters: agv. Private to "vagas": s. Private to "vago": o.

"vagas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "vago" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vagas ← avgas · bagas · vaags · vagass · vaggas · vagsa · vgaas · vvagas
  • vago ← avgo · bago · vaggo · vaog · vgao · vvago

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vagas" for "vago" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaɣ̞as] versus [ˈbaɣ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vagas" or "vago"?
"vago" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,054 in our Spanish list, against #29,877 for "vagas". 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 "vagas" and "vago" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vagas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vago" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vagas" and "vago" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vagas vs vaginas". 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 #167,314 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