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

#45,587
“rocosa” frequency rank
#36,271
“rocosas” frequency rank
81858
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rocosa rocosas
Definition Forma del femenino de rocoso. Forma del femenino plural de rocoso.

Where the eye mixes rocosa and rocosas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
rocosa
7 ch
rocosas

Visual trap between rocosa and rocosas

A purely visual mix-up. rocosa ([roˈkosa]) and rocosas ([roˈkosas]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “rocosa” sits inside “rocosas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rocosa is recorded at frequency rank #45,587, classified as anadj, pronounced [roˈkosa]. rocosas is at rank #36,271, tagged as anadj, pronounced [roˈkosas].

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 81858, this pair ranks #9,895 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rocosa vs rocosas

Shared letters: acors. Private to "rocosa": -. Private to "rocosas": -.

"rocosa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "rocosas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rocosaorcosa · rcoosa · roccosa · rocoas · rocsoa · roocsa · rrocosa
  • rocosasorcosas · rcoosas · roccosas · rocoass · rocosass · rocossa · rocossas · rocsoas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rocosa" and "rocosas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([roˈkosa] versus [roˈkosas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rocosa" or "rocosas" show up more?
"rocosas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,271 in our Spanish list, against #45,587 for "rocosa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "rocosa" and "rocosas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rocosa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rocosas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,895 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rocosa" and "rocosas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rocosa vs rocosos". 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 #9,895 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