The Spanish word vino means wine. But it is also the past tense of come, came. So a moun looks like a verbe.
Spanish has more than one type of confusing words. At first count I can already see three types of confusing words.
1 Noun and Verb
As above. Vino and vino.
2 Changing Gender - eg Masculine feminine o and a
The tehnical term is vacillant gender. The word changes gender to agree with, look like and sound like another word. The adjective follows the noun, in word order, and follows, grammatically, in spelling. Usually o for a man and a for a woman like the names Mario and Maria. Would Mario be alto (tall) but Maria be alta (tall).
As a beginner you learn that alto is tall. Then you find that alta is tall. You wonder if you have a typo, or made a mistake and wrote it down wrongly, and can't read your own hand writing.
3 Words With Added Accents
One common word which has different meaning with and without accents is el.
El
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