Which to use
“violín” and “violines” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,738
- “violín” frequency rank
- #30,715
- “violines” frequency rank
- 43453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violín | violines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrumento de cuerda que se toca por frotación, con cuatro cuerdas afinadas en intervalos de quintas, siendo la tercera en la₄ fijada normalmente a 440 Hz. Es el de tamaño más reducido y tono más agudo de los instrumentos de cuerda clásicos. Se toca con un arco o vara estrecha, suavemente curvada, dotada de una cuerda de crin de caballo. | Forma del plural de violín |
Where the eye mixes violín and violines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. violín runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against violines's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between violín and violines
A purely visual mix-up. violín ([bjoˈlĩn]) and violines ([bjoˈlines]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violín is recorded at frequency rank #12,738, classified as anoun, pronounced [bjoˈlĩn]. violines is at rank #30,715, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bjoˈlines].
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 43453, this pair ranks #142,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of violín vs violines
Shared letters: ilnov. Private to "violín": í. Private to "violines": es.
"violín" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "violines" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- violines ← biolines · ivolines · viloines · vioilnes · violiens · violiness · violinnes · violinse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "violín" and "violines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "violín" or "violines" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "violín" and "violines" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "violín" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violín" and "violines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violín vs violo". 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 #142,554 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.