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

#623
“economía” frequency rank
#8,650
“economías” frequency rank
9273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature economía economías
Definition Administración eficiente y prudente de los bienes. Forma del plural de economía.

Where the eye mixes economía and economías

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

8 ch
economía
9 ch
economías

Look-alike desk: economía vs economías

A purely visual mix-up. economía ([ekonoˈmia]) and economías ([ekonoˈmias]) 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 extra letter(s) - “economía” sits inside “economías”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

economía is recorded at frequency rank #623, classified as anoun, pronounced [ekonoˈmia]. economías is at rank #8,650, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ekonoˈmias].

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 9273, this pair ranks #302,420 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of economía vs economías

Shared letters: acemnoí. Private to "economía": -. Private to "economías": s.

"economía" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV  ·  "economías" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "economía" and "economías" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekonoˈmia] versus [ekonoˈmias]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "economía" vs "economías" - which ranks higher?
"economía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #623 in our Spanish list, against #8,650 for "economías". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "economía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "economías" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #302,420 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "economía" and "economías" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "economías vs economist". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #302,420 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