víboravsvíborasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#24,698
“víbora” frequency rank
#35,308
“víboras” frequency rank
60006
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature víbora víboras
Definition En sentido estricto, serpientes pertenecientes a la subfamilia Viperinae, que junto con los crótalos(Crotalinae) forman la familia de los Vipéridos (Viperidae). La mayoría de las especies son muy venenosas y poseen dos colmillos huecos con los que inyectan el veneno en la mordedura. Son muy peligrosas para el hombre. Forma del plural de víbora.

Where the eye mixes víbora and víboras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. víbora runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against víboras's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
víbora
7 ch
víboras

Visual trap between víbora and víboras

A purely visual mix-up. víbora ([ˈbiβ̞oɾa]) and víboras ([ˈbiβ̞oɾas]) 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 extra letter(s) - “víbora” sits inside “víboras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

víbora is recorded at frequency rank #24,698, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbiβ̞oɾa]. víboras is at rank #35,308, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbiβ̞oɾas].

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 60006, this pair ranks #60,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of víbora vs víboras

Shared letters: aborví. Private to "víbora": -. Private to "víboras": s.

"víbora" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "víboras" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "víbora" and "víboras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbiβ̞oɾa] versus [ˈbiβ̞oɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "víbora" or "víboras" show up more?
"víbora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,698 in our Spanish list, against #35,308 for "víboras". 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 "víbora" and "víboras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "víbora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "víboras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "víbora" and "víboras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "víboras vs vibras". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #60,489 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