hepáticavshepáticoTell them apart

Quick tell: hepática is a noun, hepático is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#26,077
“hepática” frequency rank
#39,258
“hepático” frequency rank
65335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hepática hepático
Definition Grupo taxonómico de briófitos incluidos en la División Hepaticophyta. Son plantas terrestres autótrofas que carecen de sistema vascular. Tienen un aspecto y tamaño similares a los musgos, también briófitos. Que pertenece o tiene relación con el hígado.

Where the eye mixes hepática and hepático

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. hepática and hepático follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
hepática
8 ch
hepático

Look-alike desk: hepática vs hepático

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: hepática is [eˈpat̪ika] while hepático is [eˈpat̪iko]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “hepática” becomes o in “hepático”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hepática is recorded at frequency rank #26,077, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈpat̪ika]. hepático is at rank #39,258, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eˈpat̪iko].

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 65335, this pair ranks #42,959 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hepática vs hepático

Shared letters: cehiptá. Private to "hepática": a. Private to "hepático": o.

"hepática" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "hepático" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hepática" and "hepático" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hepática" is a noun and "hepático" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hepática" or "hepático"?
"hepática" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,077 in our Spanish list, against #39,258 for "hepático". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hepática" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hepático" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,959 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hepática" and "hepático" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hepáticas vs hepático". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #42,959 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