Which to use
“preciosas” and “preciosos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,402
- “preciosas” frequency rank
- #11,656
- “preciosos” frequency rank
- 22058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | preciosas | preciosos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de precioso. | Forma del plural de precioso. |
Where the eye mixes preciosas and preciosos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. preciosas and preciosos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between preciosas and preciosos
A purely visual mix-up. preciosas ([pɾeˈsjosas]) and preciosos ([pɾeˈsjosos]) 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 “preciosas” becomes o in “preciosos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
preciosas is recorded at frequency rank #10,402, classified as anadj, pronounced [pɾeˈsjosas]. preciosos is at rank #11,656, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɾeˈsjosos].
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 22058, this pair ranks #252,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of preciosas vs preciosos
Shared letters: ceioprs. Private to "preciosas": a. Private to "preciosos": -.
"preciosas" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC · "preciosos" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "preciosas" and "preciosos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "preciosas" or "preciosos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "preciosas" and "preciosos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "preciosas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "preciosos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "preciosas" and "preciosos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "preciados vs preciosos". 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 #252,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.