Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "académicas" or "académicos"?
After this comparison
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- 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.