vasosvsvisosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,641
“vasos” frequency rank
#48,755
“visos” frequency rank
56396
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vasos visos
Definition Forma del plural de vaso. Forma del plural de viso.

Where the eye mixes vasos and visos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vasos and visos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Look-alike desk: vasos vs visos

A purely visual mix-up. vasos ([ˈbasos]) and visos ([ˈbisos]) 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 a single letter - a in “vasos” becomes i in “visos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vasos is recorded at frequency rank #7,641, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbasos]. visos is at rank #48,755, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbisos].

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 56396, this pair ranks #74,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vasos vs visos

Shared letters: osv. Private to "vasos": a. Private to "visos": i.

"vasos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "visos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vasos ← avsos · basos · vaoss · vasoss · vassos · vsaos · vvasos
  • visos ← bisos · ivsos · vioss · visoss · vissos · vsios · vvisos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vasos" and "visos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbasos] versus [ˈbisos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vasos" vs "visos" - which ranks higher?
"vasos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,641 in our Spanish list, against #48,755 for "visos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vasos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vasos" and "visos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visos vs vistoso". 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 #74,781 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