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

#10,771
“tecnológicas” frequency rank
#5,567
“tecnológico” frequency rank
16338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tecnológicas tecnológico
Definition Forma del femenino plural de tecnológico. Que pertenece o concierne a la tecnología

Where the eye mixes tecnológicas and tecnológico

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. tecnológicas runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVC) against tecnológico's 11 (CVCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
tecnológicas
11 ch
tecnológico

Visual trap between tecnológicas and tecnológico

A purely visual mix-up. tecnológicas ([t̪eknoˈloxikas]) and tecnológico ([t̪eknoˈloxiko]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tecnológicas is recorded at frequency rank #10,771, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪eknoˈloxikas]. tecnológico is at rank #5,567, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪eknoˈloxiko].

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 16338, this pair ranks #276,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tecnológicas vs tecnológico

Shared letters: cegilnotó. Private to "tecnológicas": as. Private to "tecnológico": -.

"tecnológicas" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "tecnológico" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tecnológicas" for "tecnológico" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eknoˈloxikas] versus [t̪eknoˈloxiko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tecnológicas" vs "tecnológico" - which ranks higher?
"tecnológico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,567 in our Spanish list, against #10,771 for "tecnológicas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tecnológicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tecnológico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #276,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tecnológicas" and "tecnológico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tecnológicas vs teológicas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #276,572 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