Which to use
“hegemonía” is a noun and “hegemónico” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,483
- “hegemonía” frequency rank
- #36,080
- “hegemónico” frequency rank
- 49563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hegemonía | hegemónico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dominio o supremacía que un grupo ejerce, de tal modo de dictar los términos y parámetros de la acción social en todos los sentidos y mantener la oposición fuera de la ley o la legitimidad. | Propio de o relativo a la hegemonía |
Where the eye mixes hegemonía and hegemónico
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. hegemonía runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against hegemónico's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: hegemonía vs hegemónico
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hegemonía is [exemoˈnia] while hegemónico is [exeˈmoniko]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hegemonía is recorded at frequency rank #13,483, classified as anoun, pronounced [exemoˈnia]. hegemónico is at rank #36,080, tagged as anadj, pronounced [exeˈmoniko].
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 49563, this pair ranks #108,095 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hegemonía vs hegemónico
Shared letters: eghmno. Private to "hegemonía": aí. Private to "hegemónico": ció.
"hegemonía" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "hegemónico" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hegemonía" and "hegemónico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "hegemonía" or "hegemónico" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hegemonía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hegemónico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,095 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hegemonía" and "hegemónico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hegemónica vs hegemónico". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #108,095 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.