Which to use
“meteorológicas” and “meteorológicos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,150
- “meteorológicas” frequency rank
- #31,441
- “meteorológicos” frequency rank
- 61591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meteorológicas | meteorológicos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de meteorológico. | Forma del masculino plural de meteorológico. |
Where the eye mixes meteorológicas and meteorológicos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. meteorológicas and meteorológicos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: meteorológicas vs meteorológicos
A purely visual mix-up. meteorológicas ([met̪eoɾoˈloxikas]) 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 a single letter - a in “meteorológicas” becomes o in “meteorológicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61591, 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]. 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 61591, this pair ranks #54,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meteorológicas vs meteorológicos
Shared letters: cegilmorstó. Private to "meteorológicas": a. Private to "meteorológicos": -.
"meteorológicas" · 14 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCVC · "meteorológicos" · 14 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meteorológicas" 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 #54,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meteorológicas" and "meteorológicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meteorológicos vs metodológicos". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #54,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.