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

#16,762
“autonómico” frequency rank
#29,057
“autonómicos” frequency rank
45819
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature autonómico autonómicos
Definition Que pertenece o concierne a la autonomía. Forma del plural de autonómico.

Where the eye mixes autonómico and autonómicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. autonómico runs 10 letters (VVCVCVCVCV) against autonómicos's 11 (VVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
autonómico
11 ch
autonómicos

Look-alike desk: autonómico vs autonómicos

A purely visual mix-up. autonómico ([awt̪oˈnomiko]) and autonómicos ([awt̪oˈnomikos]) 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) - “autonómico” sits inside “autonómicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

autonómico is recorded at frequency rank #16,762, classified as anadj, pronounced [awt̪oˈnomiko]. autonómicos is at rank #29,057, tagged as anadj, pronounced [awt̪oˈnomikos].

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 45819, this pair ranks #129,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of autonómico vs autonómicos

Shared letters: acimnotuó. Private to "autonómico": -. Private to "autonómicos": s.

"autonómico" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCV  ·  "autonómicos" · 11 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "autonómico" and "autonómicos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([awt̪oˈnomiko] versus [awt̪oˈnomikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "autonómico" or "autonómicos" show up more?
"autonómico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,762 in our Spanish list, against #29,057 for "autonómicos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "autonómico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "autonómicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "autonómico" and "autonómicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "astronómicos vs autonómicos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #129,274 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