enérgicasvsenérgicosConfusable pair

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

#41,891
“enérgicas” frequency rank
#47,111
“enérgicos” frequency rank
89002
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enérgicas enérgicos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de enérgico. Forma del plural de enérgico.

Where the eye mixes enérgicas and enérgicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enérgicas and enérgicos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Visual trap between enérgicas and enérgicos

A purely visual mix-up. enérgicas ([eˈneɾxikas]) and enérgicos ([eˈneɾxikos]) 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 “enérgicas” becomes o in “enérgicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enérgicas is recorded at frequency rank #41,891, classified as anadj, pronounced [eˈneɾxikas]. enérgicos is at rank #47,111, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eˈneɾxikos].

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 89002, this pair ranks #3,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enérgicas vs enérgicos

Shared letters: ceginrsé. Private to "enérgicas": a. Private to "enérgicos": o.

"enérgicas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "enérgicos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enérgicas" and "enérgicos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈneɾxikas] versus [eˈneɾxikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enérgicas" or "enérgicos" show up more?
"enérgicas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,891 in our Spanish list, against #47,111 for "enérgicos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enérgicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enérgicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enérgicas" and "enérgicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enérgico vs enérgicos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #3,397 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