VallsvsvamosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Valls is a name, vamos is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Valls” is a name and “vamos” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,990
“Valls” frequency rank
#259
“vamos” frequency rank
29249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Valls vamos
Definition Apellido. Denota una forma de estimular o aupar a una persona o animal o de darle ánimos.

Where the eye mixes Valls and vamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Valls (CVCCC) and vamos (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Valls
5 ch
vamos

Look-alike desk: Valls vs vamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Valls is [ˈbaʝs] while vamos is [ˈbamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Valls is recorded at frequency rank #28,990, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈbaʝs]. vamos is at rank #259, tagged as anintj, pronounced [ˈbamos].

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 29249, this pair ranks #217,949 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Valls vs vamos

Shared letters: asv. Private to "Valls": l. Private to "vamos": mo.

"Valls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "vamos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Valls ← avlls · balls · vallss · valsl · vlals · vvalls
  • vamos ← avmos · bamos · vammos · vamoss · vamso · vaoms · vmaos · vvamos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Valls" for "vamos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Valls" is a name and "vamos" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Valls" or "vamos"?
"vamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #259 in our Spanish list, against #28,990 for "Valls". 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 "Valls" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #217,949 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Valls" and "vamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vallan vs Valls". 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 #217,949 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