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

#30,150
“meteorológicas” frequency rank
#24,229
“meteorológico” frequency rank
54379
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meteorológicas meteorológico
Definition Forma del femenino plural de meteorológico. Que pertenece o concierne a la meteorología.

Where the eye mixes meteorológicas and meteorológico

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

14 ch
meteorológicas
13 ch
meteorológico

Look-alike desk: meteorológicas vs meteorológico

A purely visual mix-up. meteorológicas ([met̪eoɾoˈloxikas]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meteorológicas is recorded at frequency rank #30,150, classified as anadj, pronounced [met̪eoɾoˈloxikas]. 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 54379, this pair ranks #83,591 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meteorológicas vs meteorológico

Shared letters: cegilmortó. Private to "meteorológicas": as. Private to "meteorológico": -.

"meteorológicas" · 14 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "meteorológico" · 13 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meteorológicas" and "meteorológico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([met̪eoɾoˈloxikas] versus [met̪eoɾoˈloxiko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "meteorológicas" or "meteorológico" show up more?
"meteorológico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,229 in our Spanish list, against #30,150 for "meteorológicas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "meteorológicas" 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 #83,591 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meteorológicas" and "meteorológico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meteorológicas vs metodológicas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #83,591 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