Which to use
“autoritarias” and “autoritarios” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,752
- “autoritarias” frequency rank
- #24,392
- “autoritarios” frequency rank
- 66144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autoritarias | autoritarios |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de autoritaria. | Forma del plural de autoritario. |
Where the eye mixes autoritarias and autoritarios
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. autoritarias and autoritarios follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: autoritarias vs autoritarios
A purely visual mix-up. autoritarias ([awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjas]) and autoritarios ([awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjos]) 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 “autoritarias” becomes o in “autoritarios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autoritarias is recorded at frequency rank #41,752, classified as anoun, pronounced [awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjas]. autoritarios is at rank #24,392, tagged as anoun, pronounced [awt̪oɾiˈt̪aɾjos].
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 66144, this pair ranks #40,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of autoritarias vs autoritarios
Shared letters: aiorstu. Private to "autoritarias": -. Private to "autoritarios": -.
"autoritarias" · 12 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCVVC · "autoritarios" · 12 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autoritarias ← atuoritarias · auotritarias · autoirtarias · autoriatrias · autoritairas · autoritarais · autoritariass · autoritarisa
- autoritarios ← atuoritarios · auotritarios · autoirtarios · autoriatrios · autoritairos · autoritarioss · autoritariso · autoritarois
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "autoritarias" for "autoritarios" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "autoritarias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autoritarios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autoritarias" and "autoritarios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autoritaria vs autoritarias". 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 #40,640 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.