comunitariasvscomunitariosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#15,816
“comunitarias” frequency rank
#12,557
“comunitarios” frequency rank
28373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comunitarias comunitarios
Definition Forma del femenino plural de comunitario. Forma del plural de comunitario.

Where the eye mixes comunitarias and comunitarios

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence.

12 ch
comunitarias
12 ch
comunitarios

Look-alike desk: comunitarias vs comunitarios

A purely visual mix-up. comunitarias ([komuniˈt̪aɾjas]) and comunitarios ([komuniˈt̪aɾjos]) 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 “comunitarias” becomes o in “comunitarios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comunitarias is recorded at frequency rank #15,816, classified as anadj, pronounced [komuniˈt̪aɾjas]. comunitarios is at rank #12,557, tagged as anadj, pronounced [komuniˈt̪aɾjos].

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 28373, this pair ranks #222,343 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comunitarias vs comunitarios

Shared letters: acimnorstu. Private to "comunitarias": -. Private to "comunitarios": -.

"comunitarias" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVVC  ·  "comunitarios" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comunitariasccomunitarias · cmounitarias · communitarias · comnuitarias · comuintarias · comuniatrias · comunitairas · comunitarais
  • comunitariosccomunitarios · cmounitarios · communitarios · comnuitarios · comuintarios · comuniatrios · comunitairos · comunitarioss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comunitarias" for "comunitarios" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([komuniˈt̪aɾjas] versus [komuniˈt̪aɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "comunitarias" or "comunitarios"?
"comunitarios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,557 in our Spanish list, against #15,816 for "comunitarias". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "comunitarias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comunitarios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,343 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comunitarias" and "comunitarios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comunitaria vs comunitarias". 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 #222,343 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