Which to use
“académico” and “académicos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,750
- “académico” frequency rank
- #5,452
- “académicos” frequency rank
- 9202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | académico | académicos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relativo a la academia. | Forma del masculino plural de académico. |
Where the eye mixes académico and académicos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. académico runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against académicos's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses académico with académicos
A purely visual mix-up. académico ([akaˈð̞emiko]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “académico” sits inside “académicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
académico is recorded at frequency rank #3,750, classified as anadj, pronounced [akaˈð̞emiko]. 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 9202, this pair ranks #302,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of académico vs académicos
Shared letters: acdimoé. Private to "académico": -. Private to "académicos": s.
"académico" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV · "académicos" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "académico" and "académicos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "académico" or "académicos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "académico" and "académicos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "académico" 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 #302,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "académico" and "académicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "academias vs académicos". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #302,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.