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

#39,658
“conflictivas” frequency rank
#38,592
“conflictivos” frequency rank
78250
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conflictivas conflictivos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de conflictivo. Forma del plural de conflictivo.

Where the eye mixes conflictivas and conflictivos

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

12 ch
conflictivas
12 ch
conflictivos

Look-alike desk: conflictivas vs conflictivos

A purely visual mix-up. conflictivas ([kõɱflikˈt̪iβ̞as]) and conflictivos ([kõɱflikˈt̪iβ̞os]) 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 “conflictivas” becomes o in “conflictivos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78250, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conflictivas is recorded at frequency rank #39,658, classified as anadj, pronounced [kõɱflikˈt̪iβ̞as]. conflictivos is at rank #38,592, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kõɱflikˈt̪iβ̞os].

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 78250, this pair ranks #14,738 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conflictivas vs conflictivos

Shared letters: cfilnostv. Private to "conflictivas": a. Private to "conflictivos": -.

"conflictivas" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVC  ·  "conflictivos" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conflictivas ← cconflictivas · cnoflictivas · cofnlictivas · confflictivas · confilctivas · conflcitivas · conflicctivas · conflicitvas
  • conflictivos ← cconflictivos · cnoflictivos · cofnlictivos · confflictivos · confilctivos · conflcitivos · conflicctivos · conflicitvos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "conflictivas" for "conflictivos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõɱflikˈt̪iβ̞as] versus [kõɱflikˈt̪iβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conflictivas" vs "conflictivos" - which ranks higher?
"conflictivos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,592 in our Spanish list, against #39,658 for "conflictivas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conflictivas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "conflictivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,738 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conflictivas" and "conflictivos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conflictivas vs conflictivo". 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 #14,738 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