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

#21,674
“fabulosa” frequency rank
#27,990
“fabulosos” frequency rank
49664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fabulosa fabulosos
Definition Forma del femenino de fabuloso. Forma del plural de fabuloso.

Where the eye mixes fabulosa and fabulosos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. fabulosa runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against fabulosos's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
fabulosa
9 ch
fabulosos

Look-alike desk: fabulosa vs fabulosos

A purely visual mix-up. fabulosa ([faβ̞uˈlosa]) and fabulosos ([faβ̞uˈlosos]) 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 49664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fabulosa is recorded at frequency rank #21,674, classified as anadj, pronounced [faβ̞uˈlosa]. fabulosos is at rank #27,990, tagged as anadj, pronounced [faβ̞uˈlosos].

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 49664, this pair ranks #107,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fabulosa vs fabulosos

Shared letters: abflosu. Private to "fabulosa": -. Private to "fabulosos": -.

"fabulosa" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "fabulosos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fabulosa ← afbulosa · fabbulosa · fabluosa · fabullosa · fabuloas · fabulossa · fabulsoa · fabuolsa
  • fabulosos ← afbulosos · fabbulosos · fabluosos · fabullosos · fabulooss · fabulososs · fabulossos · fabulsoos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fabulosa" for "fabulosos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([faβ̞uˈlosa] versus [faβ̞uˈlosos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fabulosa" vs "fabulosos" - which ranks higher?
"fabulosa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,674 in our Spanish list, against #27,990 for "fabulosos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "fabulosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fabulosos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fabulosa" and "fabulosos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fabulosas vs fabulosos". 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 #107,549 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