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

#6,781
“funcional” frequency rank
#12,824
“funcionales” frequency rank
19605
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature funcional funcionales
Definition Que cumple o satisface con sus funciones. Forma del plural de funcional.

Where the eye mixes funcional and funcionales

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
funcional
11 ch
funcionales

Visual trap between funcional and funcionales

A purely visual mix-up. funcional ([fũnsjoˈnal]) and funcionales ([fũnsjoˈnales]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “funcional” sits inside “funcionales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

funcional is recorded at frequency rank #6,781, classified as anadj, pronounced [fũnsjoˈnal]. funcionales is at rank #12,824, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fũnsjoˈnales].

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 19605, this pair ranks #263,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of funcional vs funcionales

Shared letters: acfilnou. Private to "funcional": -. Private to "funcionales": es.

"funcional" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC  ·  "funcionales" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • funcionalffuncional · fnucional · fucnional · funccional · funcinoal · funcioanl · funcionall · funcionla
  • funcionalesffuncionales · fnucionales · fucnionales · funccionales · funcinoales · funcioanles · funcionaels · funcionaless

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "funcional" for "funcionales" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fũnsjoˈnal] versus [fũnsjoˈnales]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "funcional" or "funcionales"?
"funcional" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,781 in our Spanish list, against #12,824 for "funcionales". 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 "funcional" and "funcionales" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "funcional" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "funcionales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #263,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "funcional" and "funcionales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "funcionales vs fundacionales". 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 #263,028 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