Which to use
“horror” and “horrores” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,205
- “horror” frequency rank
- #9,693
- “horrores” frequency rank
- 14898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | horror | horrores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sensação arrepiante de medo ou repulsão | plural de horror |
Letter map: horror vs horrores
Shared letters muted; letters that set horror and horrores apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. horror runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against horrores's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - horror / horrores
horror and horrores are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “horror” sits inside “horrores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
horror is recorded at frequency rank #5,205, classified as anoun, pronounced /u.ˈRoɾ/. horrores is at rank #9,693, tagged as anoun.
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 14898, this pair ranks #57,076 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of horror vs horrores
Shared letters: hor. Private to "horror": -. Private to "horrores": es.
"horror" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "horrores" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "horror" and "horrores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "horror" vs "horrores" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "horror" vs "horrores" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "horror" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "horrores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,076 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "horror" and "horrores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "horrores vs horroroso". 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 #57,076 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.