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

#13,964
“mágicos” frequency rank
#40,959
“milicos” frequency rank
54923
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mágicos milicos
Definition Forma del plural de mágico. Forma del plural de milico.

Where the eye mixes mágicos and milicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
mágicos
7 ch
milicos

Why the eye confuses mágicos with milicos

A purely visual mix-up. mágicos ([ˈmaxikos]) and milicos ([miˈlikos]) 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 54923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mágicos is recorded at frequency rank #13,964, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaxikos]. milicos is at rank #40,959, tagged as anoun, pronounced [miˈlikos].

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 54923, this pair ranks #81,197 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mágicos vs milicos

Shared letters: cimos. Private to "mágicos": . Private to "milicos": l.

"mágicos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "milicos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • milicosimlicos · miilcos · milcios · miliccos · milicoss · milicso · miliocs · millicos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mágicos" for "milicos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmaxikos] versus [miˈlikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mágicos" vs "milicos" - which ranks higher?
"mágicos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,964 in our Spanish list, against #40,959 for "milicos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mágicos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "milicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,197 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mágicos" and "milicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "milicos vs míticas". 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 #81,197 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