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

#25,525
“asiáticas” frequency rank
#11,167
“asiáticos” frequency rank
36692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature asiáticas asiáticos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de asiático. Forma del plural de asiático.

Where the eye mixes asiáticas and asiáticos

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

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Look-alike desk: asiáticas vs asiáticos

A purely visual mix-up. asiáticas ([aˈsjat̪ikas]) and asiáticos ([aˈsjat̪ikos]) 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 “asiáticas” becomes o in “asiáticos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asiáticas is recorded at frequency rank #25,525, classified as anadj, pronounced [aˈsjat̪ikas]. asiáticos is at rank #11,167, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈsjat̪ikos].

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 36692, this pair ranks #179,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of asiáticas vs asiáticos

Shared letters: acistá. Private to "asiáticas": -. Private to "asiáticos": o.

"asiáticas" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCVC  ·  "asiáticos" · 9 letters · shape VCVVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "asiáticas" for "asiáticos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈsjat̪ikas] versus [aˈsjat̪ikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "asiáticas" or "asiáticos" show up more?
"asiáticos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,167 in our Spanish list, against #25,525 for "asiáticas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "asiáticas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "asiáticos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #179,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "asiáticas" and "asiáticos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "asiáticos vs asistidos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #179,326 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