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

#42,777
“acústicas” frequency rank
#49,381
“acústicos” frequency rank
92158
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acústicas acústicos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de acústico. Forma del plural de acústico.

Where the eye mixes acústicas and acústicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. acústicas and acústicos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
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Look-alike desk: acústicas vs acústicos

A purely visual mix-up. acústicas ([aˈkust̪ikas]) and acústicos ([aˈkust̪ikos]) 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 “acústicas” becomes o in “acústicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acústicas is recorded at frequency rank #42,777, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈkust̪ikas]. acústicos is at rank #49,381, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈkust̪ikos].

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 92158, this pair ranks #1,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acústicas vs acústicos

Shared letters: acistú. Private to "acústicas": -. Private to "acústicos": o.

"acústicas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "acústicos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "acústicas" and "acústicos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈkust̪ikas] versus [aˈkust̪ikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "acústicas" or "acústicos"?
"acústicas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,777 in our Spanish list, against #49,381 for "acústicos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acústicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acústicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,649 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acústicas" and "acústicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acústicos vs agustinos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,649 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