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“académicas” and “académicos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,511
“académicas” frequency rank
#5,452
“académicos” frequency rank
17963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature académicas académicos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de académico. Forma del masculino plural de académico.

Where the eye mixes académicas and académicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

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Look-alike desk: académicas vs académicos

A purely visual mix-up. académicas ([akaˈð̞emikas]) and académicos ([akaˈð̞emikos]) 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 a single letter - a in “académicas” becomes o in “académicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

académicas is recorded at frequency rank #12,511, classified as anadj, pronounced [akaˈð̞emikas]. académicos is at rank #5,452, tagged as anadj, pronounced [akaˈð̞emikos].

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 17963, this pair ranks #269,915 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of académicas vs académicos

Shared letters: acdimsé. Private to "académicas": -. Private to "académicos": o.

"académicas" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC  ·  "académicos" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "académicas" and "académicos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([akaˈð̞emikas] versus [akaˈð̞emikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "académicas" or "académicos"?
"académicos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,452 in our Spanish list, against #12,511 for "académicas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "académicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "académicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #269,915 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "académicas" and "académicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "academias vs académicas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #269,915 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