Which to use
“adultas” is an adjective and “adultos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,549
- “adultas” frequency rank
- #2,642
- “adultos” frequency rank
- 24191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adultas | adultos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de adulto. | Forma del plural de adulto. |
Where the eye mixes adultas and adultos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adultas and adultos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: adultas vs adultos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adultas is [aˈð̞ul̪t̪as] while adultos is [aˈð̞ul̪t̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “adultas” becomes o in “adultos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adultas is recorded at frequency rank #21,549, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈð̞ul̪t̪as]. adultos is at rank #2,642, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈð̞ul̪t̪os].
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 24191, this pair ranks #242,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adultas vs adultos
Shared letters: adlstu. Private to "adultas": -. Private to "adultos": o.
"adultas" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "adultos" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adultas" for "adultos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adultas" vs "adultos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adultas" and "adultos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adultas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adultos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adultas" and "adultos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adultas vs adultez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #242,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.