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“clinical” and “clínicas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,896
- “clinical” frequency rank
- #10,114
- “clínicas” frequency rank
- 59010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clinical | clínicas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clínico. | Forma del femenino plural de clínico. |
Where the eye mixes clinical and clínicas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. clinical and clínicas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses clinical with clínicas
A purely visual mix-up. clinical (/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/) and clínicas ([ˈklinikas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clinical is recorded at frequency rank #48,896, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/. clínicas is at rank #10,114, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈklinikas].
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 59010, this pair ranks #64,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clinical vs clínicas
Shared letters: aciln. Private to "clinical": -. Private to "clínicas": sí.
"clinical" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "clínicas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- clinical ← cclinical · cilnical · cliincal · clincial · cliniacl · clinicall · cliniccal · clinicla
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clinical" and "clínicas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "clinical" or "clínicas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "clinical" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clínicas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clinical" and "clínicas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clinical vs critical". 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 #64,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.