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“deliciosa” and “delicioso” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,125
- “deliciosa” frequency rank
- #7,702
- “delicioso” frequency rank
- 17827
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deliciosa | delicioso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de delicioso. | Muy placentero, que da delicia o deleite. |
Where the eye mixes deliciosa and delicioso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. deliciosa and delicioso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between deliciosa and delicioso
A purely visual mix-up. deliciosa ([d̪eliˈsjosa]) and delicioso ([d̪eliˈsjoso]) 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 “deliciosa” becomes o in “delicioso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17827, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deliciosa is recorded at frequency rank #10,125, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈsjosa]. delicioso is at rank #7,702, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈsjoso].
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 17827, this pair ranks #270,534 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deliciosa vs delicioso
Shared letters: cdeilos. Private to "deliciosa": a. Private to "delicioso": -.
"deliciosa" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "delicioso" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "deliciosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delicioso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,534 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deliciosa" and "delicioso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deliciosa vs delirios". 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 #270,534 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.