vuestrovsvuestrosConfusable pair

Quick tell: vuestro is a pronoun, vuestros is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vuestro” is a pronoun and “vuestros” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,375
“vuestro” frequency rank
#5,164
“vuestros” frequency rank
8539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vuestro vuestros
Definition Pronombre posesivo de segunda persona, cuya índole gramatical es idéntica a la de primera persona "nuestro". También suele referirse en sus cuatro formas a un solo poseedor cuando, por ficción que el uso autoriza, se da el número plural a una sola persona; v. gr.: VUESTRO consejo, hablando a un monarca. Aplícase también a un solo individuo en ciertos tratamientos; como VUESTRA Beatitud; VUESTRA Majestad. En el tratamiento de "vos", refiérese indistintamente a uno solo o a dos o más poseedores; v. gr.: VUESTRA casa, dirigiéndose a una persona sola, o a dos o más. Forma del plural de vuestro.

Where the eye mixes vuestro and vuestros

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
vuestro
8 ch
vuestros

Look-alike desk: vuestro vs vuestros

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vuestro is [ˈbwest̪ɾo] while vuestros is [ˈbwest̪ɾos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vuestro” sits inside “vuestros”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vuestro is recorded at frequency rank #3,375, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈbwest̪ɾo]. vuestros is at rank #5,164, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbwest̪ɾos].

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 8539, this pair ranks #304,690 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vuestro vs vuestros

Shared letters: eorstuv. Private to "vuestro": -. Private to "vuestros": -.

"vuestro" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV  ·  "vuestros" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vuestrobuestro · uvestro · veustro · vuesrto · vuesstro · vuestor · vuestrro · vuesttro
  • vuestrosbuestros · uvestros · veustros · vuesrtos · vuesstros · vuestors · vuestross · vuestrros

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vuestro" and "vuestros" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vuestro" is a pronoun and "vuestros" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vuestro" or "vuestros"?
"vuestro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,375 in our Spanish list, against #5,164 for "vuestros". 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 "vuestro" and "vuestros" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vuestro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vuestros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #304,690 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vuestro" and "vuestros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vueltos vs vuestros". 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 #304,690 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