maravillosasvsmaravillosoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#12,641
“maravillosas” frequency rank
#3,718
“maravilloso” frequency rank
16359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maravillosas maravilloso
Definition Forma del femenino plural de maravilloso. Que suscita admiración, sorpresa o estupor

Where the eye mixes maravillosas and maravilloso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. maravillosas runs 12 letters (CVCVCVCCVCVC) against maravilloso's 11 (CVCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
maravillosas
11 ch
maravilloso

Visual trap between maravillosas and maravilloso

A purely visual mix-up. maravillosas ([maɾaβ̞iˈʝosas]) and maravilloso ([maɾaβ̞iˈʝoso]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maravillosas is recorded at frequency rank #12,641, classified as anadj, pronounced [maɾaβ̞iˈʝosas]. maravilloso is at rank #3,718, tagged as anadj, pronounced [maɾaβ̞iˈʝoso].

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 16359, this pair ranks #276,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of maravillosas vs maravilloso

Shared letters: ailmorsv. Private to "maravillosas": -. Private to "maravilloso": -.

"maravillosas" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC  ·  "maravilloso" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maravillosasamravillosas · maarvillosas · marabillosas · maraivllosas · maravilloass · maravillosass · maravillossas · maravillsoas
  • maravillosoamravilloso · maarvilloso · marabilloso · maraivlloso · maravilloos · maravillosso · maravillsoo · maravilolso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "maravillosas" and "maravilloso" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([maɾaβ̞iˈʝosas] versus [maɾaβ̞iˈʝoso]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "maravillosas" or "maravilloso" show up more?
"maravilloso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,718 in our Spanish list, against #12,641 for "maravillosas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "maravillosas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maravilloso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #276,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maravillosas" and "maravilloso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maravillado vs maravilloso". 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 #276,489 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