flacasvsfracasaConfusable pair

Quick tell: flacas is a adjective, fracasa is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“flacas” is an adjective and “fracasa” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,130
“flacas” frequency rank
#24,508
“fracasa” frequency rank
57638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flacas fracasa
Definition Forma del femenino plural de flaco. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fracasar.

Where the eye mixes flacas and fracasa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. flacas runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against fracasa's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
flacas
7 ch
fracasa

Look-alike desk: flacas vs fracasa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: flacas is [ˈflakas] while fracasa is [fɾaˈkasa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flacas is recorded at frequency rank #33,130, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈflakas]. fracasa is at rank #24,508, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɾaˈkasa].

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 57638, this pair ranks #69,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of flacas vs fracasa

Shared letters: acfs. Private to "flacas": l. Private to "fracasa": r.

"flacas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "fracasa" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flacas ← falcas · fflacas · flaacs · flacass · flaccas · flacsa · flcaas · fllacas
  • fracasa ← farcasa · ffracasa · fraacsa · fracaas · fracassa · fraccasa · fracsaa · frcaasa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "flacas" for "fracasa" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "flacas" is an adjective and "fracasa" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "flacas" vs "fracasa" - which ranks higher?
"fracasa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,508 in our Spanish list, against #33,130 for "flacas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "flacas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fracasa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flacas" and "fracasa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flacas vs flojas". 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 #69,692 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