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

#27,307
“meteorológica” frequency rank
#24,229
“meteorológico” frequency rank
51536
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meteorológica meteorológico
Definition Forma del femenino singular de meteorológico. Que pertenece o concierne a la meteorología.

Where the eye mixes meteorológica and meteorológico

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. meteorológica and meteorológico follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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meteorológica
13 ch
meteorológico

Why the eye confuses meteorológica with meteorológico

A purely visual mix-up. meteorológica ([met̪eoɾoˈloxika]) and meteorológico ([met̪eoɾoˈloxiko]) 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 a single letter - a in “meteorológica” becomes o in “meteorológico”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meteorológica is recorded at frequency rank #27,307, classified as anadj, pronounced [met̪eoɾoˈloxika]. meteorológico is at rank #24,229, tagged as anadj, pronounced [met̪eoɾoˈloxiko].

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 51536, this pair ranks #97,387 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meteorológica vs meteorológico

Shared letters: cegilmortó. Private to "meteorológica": a. Private to "meteorológico": -.

"meteorológica" · 13 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCV  ·  "meteorológico" · 13 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meteorológica" and "meteorológico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([met̪eoɾoˈloxika] versus [met̪eoɾoˈloxiko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "meteorológica" or "meteorológico"?
"meteorológico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,229 in our Spanish list, against #27,307 for "meteorológica". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meteorológica" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meteorológico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,387 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meteorológica" and "meteorológico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meteorológica vs metodológica". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #97,387 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