VallsvsVillasWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#28,990
“Valls” frequency rank
#7,504
“Villas” frequency rank
36494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Valls Villas
Definition Apellido. Apellido.

Where the eye mixes Valls and Villas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Valls runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against Villas's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Valls
6 ch
Villas

Visual trap between Valls and Villas

A purely visual mix-up. Valls ([ˈbaʝs]) and Villas ([ˈbiʝas]) 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 36494, 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]. Villas is at rank #7,504, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈbiʝas].

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 36494, this pair ranks #180,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Valls vs Villas

Shared letters: alsv. Private to "Valls": -. Private to "Villas": i.

"Valls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Villas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Valls ← avlls · balls · vallss · valsl · vlals · vvalls
  • Villas ← billas · ivllas · vilals · vilas · villass · villsa · vlilas · vvillas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Valls" for "Villas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaʝs] versus [ˈbiʝas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Valls" vs "Villas" - which ranks higher?
"Villas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,504 in our Spanish list, against #28,990 for "Valls". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Valls" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Villas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Valls" and "Villas" 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 #180,339 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