Which to use
“deliciosas” and “deliciosos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,317
- “deliciosas” frequency rank
- #18,506
- “deliciosos” frequency rank
- 40823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deliciosas | deliciosos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de delicioso. | Forma del plural de delicioso. |
Where the eye mixes deliciosas and deliciosos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. deliciosas and deliciosos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: deliciosas vs deliciosos
A purely visual mix-up. deliciosas ([d̪eliˈsjosas]) 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 a single letter - a in “deliciosas” becomes o in “deliciosos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deliciosas is recorded at frequency rank #22,317, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪eliˈsjosas]. 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 40823, this pair ranks #157,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deliciosas vs deliciosos
Shared letters: cdeilos. Private to "deliciosas": a. Private to "deliciosos": -.
"deliciosas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC · "deliciosos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deliciosas ← ddeliciosas · deilciosas · delciiosas · delicciosas · delicioass · deliciosass · deliciossas · delicisoas
- deliciosos ← ddeliciosos · deilciosos · delciiosos · delicciosos · deliciooss · deliciososs · deliciossos · delicisoos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deliciosas" and "deliciosos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "deliciosas" vs "deliciosos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "deliciosas" and "deliciosos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "deliciosas" 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 #157,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deliciosas" and "deliciosos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deliciosa vs deliciosas". 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 #157,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.