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“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.

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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

Is swapping "meteorológicas" for "meteorológicos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([met̪eoɾoˈloxikas] versus [met̪eoɾoˈloxikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "meteorológicas" vs "meteorológicos" - which ranks higher?
"meteorológicas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,150 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list