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“deportivas” and “deportivos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,542
- “deportivas” frequency rank
- #6,896
- “deportivos” frequency rank
- 14438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deportivas | deportivos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de deportivo. | Forma del plural de deportivo. |
Where the eye mixes deportivas and deportivos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. deportivas and deportivos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: deportivas vs deportivos
A purely visual mix-up. deportivas ([d̪epoɾˈt̪iβ̞as]) and deportivos ([d̪epoɾˈt̪iβ̞os]) 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 “deportivas” becomes o in “deportivos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deportivas is recorded at frequency rank #7,542, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪epoɾˈt̪iβ̞as]. deportivos is at rank #6,896, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪epoɾˈt̪iβ̞os].
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 14438, this pair ranks #284,103 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deportivas vs deportivos
Shared letters: deioprstv. Private to "deportivas": a. Private to "deportivos": -.
"deportivas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "deportivos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- deportivas ← ddeportivas · deoprtivas · deporitvas · deporrtivas · deportiavs · deportibas · deportivass · deportivsa
- deportivos ← ddeportivos · deoprtivos · deporitvos · deporrtivos · deportibos · deportiovs · deportivoss · deportivso
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "deportivas" vs "deportivos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "deportivas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deportivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,103 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deportivas" and "deportivos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decorativas vs deportivas". 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 #284,103 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.