adyacentevsadyacentesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#29,015
“adyacente” frequency rank
#20,873
“adyacentes” frequency rank
49888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adyacente adyacentes
Definition Que se encuentra cerca o al lado. Forma del plural de adyacente.

Where the eye mixes adyacente and adyacentes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. adyacente runs 9 letters (VCVVCVCCV) against adyacentes's 10 (VCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
adyacente
10 ch
adyacentes

Why the eye confuses adyacente with adyacentes

A purely visual mix-up. adyacente ([að̞ʝaˈsẽn̪t̪e]) and adyacentes ([að̞ʝaˈsẽn̪t̪es]) 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) - “adyacente” sits inside “adyacentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adyacente is recorded at frequency rank #29,015, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞ʝaˈsẽn̪t̪e]. adyacentes is at rank #20,873, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞ʝaˈsẽn̪t̪es].

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 49888, this pair ranks #106,278 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adyacente vs adyacentes

Shared letters: acdenty. Private to "adyacente": -. Private to "adyacentes": s.

"adyacente" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCCV  ·  "adyacentes" · 10 letters · shape VCVVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adyacente ← adaycente · addyacente · adyaccente · adyacenet · adyacennte · adyacentte · adyacetne · adyacnete
  • adyacentes ← adaycentes · addyacentes · adyaccentes · adyacenets · adyacenntes · adyacentess · adyacentse · adyacenttes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adyacente" for "adyacentes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ʝaˈsẽn̪t̪e] versus [að̞ʝaˈsẽn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "adyacente" vs "adyacentes" - which ranks higher?
"adyacentes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,873 in our Spanish list, against #29,015 for "adyacente". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "adyacente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adyacentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,278 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #106,278 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