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

#49,801
“mitológica” frequency rank
#39,865
“mitológico” frequency rank
89666
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mitológica mitológico
Definition Forma del femenino de mitológico. perteneciente o relativo a la mitología

Where the eye mixes mitológica and mitológico

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mitológica and mitológico follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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mitológica
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mitológico

Look-alike desk: mitológica vs mitológico

A purely visual mix-up. mitológica ([mit̪oˈloxika]) and mitológico ([mit̪oˈloxiko]) 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 “mitológica” becomes o in “mitológico”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mitológica is recorded at frequency rank #49,801, classified as anadj, pronounced [mit̪oˈloxika]. mitológico is at rank #39,865, tagged as anadj, pronounced [mit̪oˈloxiko].

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 89666, this pair ranks #2,976 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mitológica vs mitológico

Shared letters: cgilmotó. Private to "mitológica": a. Private to "mitológico": -.

"mitológica" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV  ·  "mitológico" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mitológica" for "mitológico" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([mit̪oˈloxika] versus [mit̪oˈloxiko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mitológica" vs "mitológico" - which ranks higher?
"mitológico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,865 in our Spanish list, against #49,801 for "mitológica". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "mitológica" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mitológico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,976 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mitológica" and "mitológico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mitología vs mitológica". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,976 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