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

#10,125
“deliciosa” frequency rank
#18,506
“deliciosos” frequency rank
28631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deliciosa deliciosos
Definition Forma del femenino de delicioso. Forma del plural de delicioso.

Where the eye mixes deliciosa and deliciosos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. deliciosa runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against deliciosos's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
deliciosa
10 ch
deliciosos

Look-alike desk: deliciosa vs deliciosos

A purely visual mix-up. deliciosa ([d̪eliˈsjosa]) and deliciosos ([d̪eliˈsjosos]) 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 28631, 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]. deliciosos is at rank #18,506, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈsjosos].

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 28631, this pair ranks #221,047 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of deliciosa vs deliciosos

Shared letters: cdeilos. Private to "deliciosa": a. Private to "deliciosos": -.

"deliciosa" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV  ·  "deliciosos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deliciosa ← ddeliciosa · deilciosa · delciiosa · delicciosa · delicioas · deliciossa · delicisoa · delicoisa
  • deliciosos ← ddeliciosos · deilciosos · delciiosos · delicciosos · deliciooss · deliciososs · deliciossos · delicisoos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "deliciosa" and "deliciosos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eliˈsjosa] versus [d̪eliˈsjosos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "deliciosa" or "deliciosos"?
"deliciosa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,125 in our Spanish list, against #18,506 for "deliciosos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "deliciosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "deliciosos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,047 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deliciosa" and "deliciosos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deliciosas vs deliciosos". 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 #221,047 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