histéricasvshistoriasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,054
“histéricas” frequency rank
#1,483
“historias” frequency rank
50537
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature histéricas historias
Definition Forma del femenino plural de histérico. Forma del plural de historia.

Where the eye mixes histéricas and historias

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. histéricas runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against historias's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
histéricas
9 ch
historias

Visual trap between histéricas and historias

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: histéricas is [isˈt̪eɾikas] while historias is [isˈt̪oɾjas]. 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 50537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

histéricas is recorded at frequency rank #49,054, classified as anadj, pronounced [isˈt̪eɾikas]. historias is at rank #1,483, tagged as anoun, pronounced [isˈt̪oɾjas].

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 50537, this pair ranks #102,670 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of histéricas vs historias

Shared letters: ahirst. Private to "histéricas": cé. Private to "historias": o.

"histéricas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "historias" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • historias ← hhistorias · hisotrias · hisstorias · histoiras · historais · historiass · historisa · historrias

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "histéricas" and "historias" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "histéricas" is an adjective and "historias" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "histéricas" or "historias" show up more?
"historias" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,483 in our Spanish list, against #49,054 for "histéricas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "histéricas" and "historias" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "histéricas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "historias" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,670 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "histéricas" and "historias" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "histéricas vs histéricos". 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 #102,670 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