Which to use
“clinical” and “clínicos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,896
- “clinical” frequency rank
- #16,535
- “clínicos” frequency rank
- 65431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clinical | clínicos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Clínico. | Forma del plural de clínico. |
Where the eye mixes clinical and clínicos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. clinical and clínicos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: clinical vs clínicos
A purely visual mix-up. clinical (/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/) and clínicos ([ˈklinikos]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65431, 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/. clínicos is at rank #16,535, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈklinikos].
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 65431, this pair ranks #42,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clinical vs clínicos
Shared letters: ciln. Private to "clinical": a. Private to "clínicos": osí.
"clinical" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "clínicos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- clinical ← cclinical · cilnical · cliincal · clincial · cliniacl · clinicall · cliniccal · clinicla
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clinical" for "clínicos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "clinical" vs "clínicos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clinical" and "clínicos" 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 "clínicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clinical" and "clínicos" 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 #42,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.