Which to use
“publicas” is a verb and “públicos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,460
- “publicas” frequency rank
- #1,224
- “públicos” frequency rank
- 16684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | publicas | públicos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de publicar. | Forma del plural de público. |
Where the eye mixes publicas and públicos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. publicas and públicos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: publicas vs públicos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: publicas is [puˈβ̞likas] while públicos is [ˈpuβ̞likos]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
publicas is recorded at frequency rank #15,460, classified as averb, pronounced [puˈβ̞likas]. públicos is at rank #1,224, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpuβ̞likos].
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 16684, this pair ranks #275,166 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of publicas vs públicos
Shared letters: bcilps. Private to "publicas": au. Private to "públicos": oú.
"publicas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "públicos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- publicas ← pbulicas · ppublicas · pubblicas · pubilcas · publcias · publiacs · publicass · publiccas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "publicas" and "públicos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "publicas" or "públicos"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "publicas" and "públicos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "publicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "públicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,166 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "publicas" and "públicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "publicaré vs publicas". 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 #275,166 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.