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

#27,307
“meteorológica” frequency rank
#31,441
“meteorológicos” frequency rank
58748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meteorológica meteorológicos
Definition Forma del femenino singular de meteorológico. Forma del masculino plural de meteorológico.

Where the eye mixes meteorológica and meteorológicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. meteorológica runs 13 letters (CVCVVCVCVCVCV) against meteorológicos's 14 (CVCVVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
meteorológica
14 ch
meteorológicos

Visual trap between meteorológica and meteorológicos

A purely visual mix-up. meteorológica ([met̪eoɾoˈloxika]) and meteorológicos ([met̪eoɾoˈloxikos]) 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 58748, 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]. meteorológicos is at rank #31,441, tagged as anadj, pronounced [met̪eoɾoˈloxikos].

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 58748, this pair ranks #65,287 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meteorológica vs meteorológicos

Shared letters: cegilmortó. Private to "meteorológica": a. Private to "meteorológicos": s.

"meteorológica" · 13 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCV  ·  "meteorológicos" · 14 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meteorológica" and "meteorológicos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([met̪eoɾoˈloxika] versus [met̪eoɾoˈloxikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "meteorológica" vs "meteorológicos" - which ranks higher?
"meteorológica" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,307 in our Spanish list, against #31,441 for "meteorológicos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "meteorológicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,287 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meteorológica" and "meteorológicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meteorológicos vs metodológicos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #65,287 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