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

#19,222
“psicológicas” frequency rank
#15,459
“psicológicos” frequency rank
34681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature psicológicas psicológicos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de psicológico. Forma del masculino plural de psicológico.

Where the eye mixes psicológicas and psicológicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. psicológicas and psicológicos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
psicológicas
12 ch
psicológicos

Look-alike desk: psicológicas vs psicológicos

A purely visual mix-up. psicológicas ([sikoˈloxikas]) and psicológicos ([sikoˈloxikos]) 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 “psicológicas” becomes o in “psicológicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

psicológicas is recorded at frequency rank #19,222, classified as anadj, pronounced [sikoˈloxikas]. psicológicos is at rank #15,459, tagged as anadj, pronounced [sikoˈloxikos].

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 34681, this pair ranks #190,162 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of psicológicas vs psicológicos

Shared letters: cgilopsó. Private to "psicológicas": a. Private to "psicológicos": -.

"psicológicas" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "psicológicos" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "psicológicas" for "psicológicos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([sikoˈloxikas] versus [sikoˈloxikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "psicológicas" or "psicológicos" show up more?
"psicológicos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,459 in our Spanish list, against #19,222 for "psicológicas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "psicológicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "psicológicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #190,162 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "psicológicas" and "psicológicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "psicológicos vs psicólogos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #190,162 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