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

#40,686
“burocráticas” frequency rank
#33,977
“burocráticos” frequency rank
74663
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature burocráticas burocráticos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de burocrático. Forma del plural de burocrático.

Where the eye mixes burocráticas and burocráticos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. burocráticas and burocráticos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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burocráticas
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burocráticos

Why the eye confuses burocráticas with burocráticos

A purely visual mix-up. burocráticas ([buɾoˈkɾat̪ikas]) and burocráticos ([buɾoˈkɾat̪ikos]) 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 “burocráticas” becomes o in “burocráticos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

burocráticas is recorded at frequency rank #40,686, classified as anadj, pronounced [buɾoˈkɾat̪ikas]. burocráticos is at rank #33,977, tagged as anadj, pronounced [buɾoˈkɾat̪ikos].

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 74663, this pair ranks #20,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of burocráticas vs burocráticos

Shared letters: bciorstuá. Private to "burocráticas": a. Private to "burocráticos": -.

"burocráticas" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCVC  ·  "burocráticos" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "burocráticas" for "burocráticos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([buɾoˈkɾat̪ikas] versus [buɾoˈkɾat̪ikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "burocráticas" or "burocráticos" show up more?
"burocráticos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,977 in our Spanish list, against #40,686 for "burocráticas". 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 "burocráticas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "burocráticos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "burocráticas" and "burocráticos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "burocrática vs burocráticas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #20,917 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