felicevsfelinaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#46,562
“felice” frequency rank
#48,411
“felina” frequency rank
94973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature felice felina
Definition Feliz. Forma del femenino singular de felino.

Where the eye mixes felice and felina

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. felice and felina follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
felice
6 ch
felina

Why the eye confuses felice with felina

A purely visual mix-up. felice ([feˈlise]) and felina ([feˈlina]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

felice is recorded at frequency rank #46,562, classified as anadj, pronounced [feˈlise]. felina is at rank #48,411, tagged as anadj, pronounced [feˈlina].

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 94973, this pair ranks #667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of felice vs felina

Shared letters: efil. Private to "felice": c. Private to "felina": an.

"felice" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "felina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • felice ← eflice · feilce · felcie · felicce · feliec · felise · fellice · ffelice
  • felina ← eflina · feilna · felian · felinna · fellina · felnia · ffelina · fleina

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "felice" and "felina" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([feˈlise] versus [feˈlina]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "felice" or "felina" show up more?
"felice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,562 in our Spanish list, against #48,411 for "felina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "felice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "felina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "felice" and "felina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "felina vs Flint". 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 #667 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