Which to use
“productivas” and “productivos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,322
- “productivas” frequency rank
- #11,658
- “productivos” frequency rank
- 24980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | productivas | productivos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de productivo. | Forma del plural de productivo. |
Where the eye mixes productivas and productivos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. productivas and productivos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: productivas vs productivos
A purely visual mix-up. productivas ([pɾoð̞ukˈt̪iβ̞as]) and productivos ([pɾoð̞ukˈt̪iβ̞os]) 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 “productivas” becomes o in “productivos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
productivas is recorded at frequency rank #13,322, classified as anadj, pronounced [pɾoð̞ukˈt̪iβ̞as]. productivos is at rank #11,658, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɾoð̞ukˈt̪iβ̞os].
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 24980, this pair ranks #238,565 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of productivas vs productivos
Shared letters: cdioprstuv. Private to "productivas": a. Private to "productivos": -.
"productivas" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVC · "productivos" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- productivas ← porductivas · pproductivas · prdouctivas · prodcutivas · prodductivas · producctivas · producitvas · productiavs
- productivos ← porductivos · pproductivos · prdouctivos · prodcutivos · prodductivos · producctivos · producitvos · productibos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "productivas" for "productivos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "productivas" vs "productivos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "productivas" and "productivos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "productivas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "productivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,565 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "productivas" and "productivos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "production vs productivos". 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 #238,565 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.