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Which to use

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

#33,951
“autosuficiente” frequency rank
#48,830
“autosuficientes” frequency rank
82781
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature autosuficiente autosuficientes
Definition Que tiene u obtiene por sí mismo lo que necesita, bastándose a sí mismo sin depender de otros. Forma del plural de autosuficiente.

Where the eye mixes autosuficiente and autosuficientes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence. autosuficiente runs 14 letters (VVCVCVCVCVVCCV) against autosuficientes's 15 (VVCVCVCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

14 ch
autosuficiente
15 ch
autosuficientes

Visual trap between autosuficiente and autosuficientes

A purely visual mix-up. autosuficiente ([awt̪osufiˈsjẽn̪t̪e]) and autosuficientes ([awt̪osufiˈsjẽn̪t̪es]) 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) - “autosuficiente” sits inside “autosuficientes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

autosuficiente is recorded at frequency rank #33,951, classified as anadj, pronounced [awt̪osufiˈsjẽn̪t̪e]. autosuficientes is at rank #48,830, tagged as anadj, pronounced [awt̪osufiˈsjẽn̪t̪es].

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 82781, this pair ranks #8,862 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of autosuficiente vs autosuficientes

Shared letters: acefinostu. Private to "autosuficiente": -. Private to "autosuficientes": -.

"autosuficiente" · 14 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCVVCCV  ·  "autosuficientes" · 15 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • autosuficiente ← atuosuficiente · auotsuficiente · autosfuiciente · autossuficiente · autosufciiente · autosufficiente · autosuficciente · autosuficeinte
  • autosuficientes ← atuosuficientes · auotsuficientes · autosfuicientes · autossuficientes · autosufciientes · autosufficientes · autosuficcientes · autosuficeintes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "autosuficiente" and "autosuficientes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([awt̪osufiˈsjẽn̪t̪e] versus [awt̪osufiˈsjẽn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "autosuficiente" or "autosuficientes" show up more?
"autosuficiente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,951 in our Spanish list, against #48,830 for "autosuficientes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "autosuficiente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "autosuficientes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,862 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 #8,862 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