Which to use
“clinical” and “clínico” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,896
- “clinical” frequency rank
- #11,926
- “clínico” frequency rank
- 60822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clinical | clínico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clínico. | Que recibe el bautismo en la cama en la última enfermedad. |
Where the eye mixes clinical and clínico
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. clinical runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against clínico's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: clinical vs clínico
A purely visual mix-up. clinical (/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/) and clínico ([ˈkliniko]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60822, 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/. clínico is at rank #11,926, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkliniko].
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 60822, this pair ranks #57,593 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clinical vs clínico
Shared letters: ciln. Private to "clinical": a. Private to "clínico": oí.
"clinical" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "clínico" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- clinical ← cclinical · cilnical · cliincal · clincial · cliniacl · clinicall · cliniccal · clinicla
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clinical" for "clínico" ever safe?
Which is more common, "clinical" or "clínico"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "clinical" and "clínico" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clinical" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clínico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,593 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clinical" and "clínico" 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 #57,593 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.