Which to use
“virtud” and “virus” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,671
- “virtud” frequency rank
- #2,961
- “virus” frequency rank
- 7632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virtud | virus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cualidad positiva de un ser, persona o cosa, exponiendo mediante calificativos las ventajas de dicho ente. | Agente infeccioso compuesto de ácido nucleico rodeado por proteínas, y que sólo se reproduce dentro de sus célula hospedadoras, usando los orgánulos de éstas. |
Where the eye mixes virtud and virus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between virtud and virus
A purely visual mix-up. virtud ([biɾˈt̪uð̞]) and virus ([ˈbiɾus]) 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 7632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virtud is recorded at frequency rank #4,671, classified as anoun, pronounced [biɾˈt̪uð̞]. virus is at rank #2,961, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbiɾus].
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 7632, this pair ranks #307,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of virtud vs virus
Shared letters: iruv. Private to "virtud": dt. Private to "virus": s.
"virtud" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "virus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "virtud" and "virus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "virtud" or "virus" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "virtud" and "virus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "virtud" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virtud" and "virus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "virus vs visos". 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 #307,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.