flacasvsfracasoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#33,130
“flacas” frequency rank
#2,832
“fracaso” frequency rank
35962
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flacas fracaso
Definition Forma del femenino plural de flaco. Situación en la que no se obtienen los resultados deseados y esperados.

Where the eye mixes flacas and fracaso

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

6 ch
flacas
7 ch
fracaso

Visual trap between flacas and fracaso

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: flacas is [ˈflakas] while fracaso is [fɾaˈkaso]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35962, 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]. fracaso is at rank #2,832, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fɾaˈkaso].

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 35962, this pair ranks #183,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of flacas vs fracaso

Shared letters: acfs. Private to "flacas": l. Private to "fracaso": or.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flacas ← falcas · fflacas · flaacs · flacass · flaccas · flacsa · flcaas · fllacas
  • fracaso ← farcaso · ffracaso · fraacso · fracaos · fracasso · fraccaso · fracsao · frcaaso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "flacas" and "fracaso" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "flacas" is an adjective and "fracaso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "flacas" or "fracaso"?
"fracaso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,832 in our Spanish list, against #33,130 for "flacas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "flacas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fracaso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flacas" and "fracaso" 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 #183,232 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