organicevsorgánicoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: organice is a verb, orgánico is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“organice” is a verb and “orgánico” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,325
“organice” frequency rank
#11,100
“orgánico” frequency rank
40425
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature organice orgánico
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de organizar o de organizarse. Relacionado, derivado o perteneciente a los seres vivos.

Where the eye mixes organice and orgánico

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. organice and orgánico follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
organice
8 ch
orgánico

Visual trap between organice and orgánico

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: organice is [oɾɣ̞aˈnise] while orgánico is [oɾˈɣ̞aniko]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

organice is recorded at frequency rank #29,325, classified as averb, pronounced [oɾɣ̞aˈnise]. orgánico is at rank #11,100, tagged as anadj, pronounced [oɾˈɣ̞aniko].

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 40425, this pair ranks #159,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of organice vs orgánico

Shared letters: cginor. Private to "organice": ae. Private to "orgánico": á.

"organice" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "orgánico" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • organice ← ogranice · oragnice · orgaince · organcie · organicce · organiec · organise · organnice

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "organice" and "orgánico" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "organice" is a verb and "orgánico" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "organice" vs "orgánico" - which ranks higher?
"orgánico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,100 in our Spanish list, against #29,325 for "organice". 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 "organice" and "orgánico" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "organice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "orgánico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "organice" and "orgánico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organice vs organicen". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #159,142 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