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

#36,911
“aleatorias” frequency rank
#29,021
“aleatorios” frequency rank
65932
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aleatorias aleatorios
Definition Forma del femenino plural de aleatorio. Forma del masculino plural de aleatorio.

Where the eye mixes aleatorias and aleatorios

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. aleatorias and aleatorios follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
aleatorias
10 ch
aleatorios

Why the eye confuses aleatorias with aleatorios

A purely visual mix-up. aleatorias ([aleaˈt̪oɾjas]) and aleatorios ([aleaˈt̪oɾjos]) 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 “aleatorias” becomes o in “aleatorios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aleatorias is recorded at frequency rank #36,911, classified as anadj, pronounced [aleaˈt̪oɾjas]. aleatorios is at rank #29,021, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aleaˈt̪oɾjos].

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 65932, this pair ranks #41,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aleatorias vs aleatorios

Shared letters: aeilorst. Private to "aleatorias": -. Private to "aleatorios": -.

"aleatorias" · 10 letters · shape VCVVCVCVVC  ·  "aleatorios" · 10 letters · shape VCVVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aleatorias ← aelatorias · alaetorias · aleaotrias · aleatoiras · aleatorais · aleatoriass · aleatorisa · aleatorrias
  • aleatorios ← aelatorios · alaetorios · aleaotrios · aleatoiros · aleatorioss · aleatoriso · aleatorois · aleatorrios

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aleatorias" and "aleatorios" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aleaˈt̪oɾjas] versus [aleaˈt̪oɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "aleatorias" or "aleatorios"?
"aleatorios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,021 in our Spanish list, against #36,911 for "aleatorias". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "aleatorias" and "aleatorios" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aleatorias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aleatorios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,248 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aleatorias" and "aleatorios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aleatoria vs aleatorias". 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 #41,248 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