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

#16,395
“mágicas” frequency rank
#43,732
“míticas” frequency rank
60127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mágicas míticas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de mágico. Forma del femenino plural de mítico.

Where the eye mixes mágicas and míticas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mágicas and míticas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
mágicas
7 ch
míticas

Visual trap between mágicas and míticas

A purely visual mix-up. mágicas ([ˈmaxikas]) and míticas ([ˈmit̪ikas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mágicas is recorded at frequency rank #16,395, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmaxikas]. míticas is at rank #43,732, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmit̪ikas].

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 60127, this pair ranks #60,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mágicas vs míticas

Shared letters: acims. Private to "mágicas": gá. Private to "míticas": tí.

"mágicas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "míticas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mágicas" and "míticas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmaxikas] versus [ˈmit̪ikas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mágicas" or "míticas" show up more?
"mágicas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,395 in our Spanish list, against #43,732 for "míticas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mágicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "míticas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mágicas" and "míticas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "místicas vs míticas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #60,050 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