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

#10,771
“tecnológicas” frequency rank
#9,373
“tecnológicos” frequency rank
20144
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tecnológicas tecnológicos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de tecnológico. Forma del plural de tecnológico.

Where the eye mixes tecnológicas and tecnológicos

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

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tecnológicas
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Visual trap between tecnológicas and tecnológicos

A purely visual mix-up. tecnológicas ([t̪eknoˈloxikas]) and tecnológicos ([t̪eknoˈloxikos]) 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 “tecnológicas” becomes o in “tecnológicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20144, 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]. tecnológicos is at rank #9,373, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪eknoˈloxikos].

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 20144, this pair ranks #260,609 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tecnológicas vs tecnológicos

Shared letters: cegilnostó. Private to "tecnológicas": a. Private to "tecnológicos": -.

"tecnológicas" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC  ·  "tecnológicos" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tecnológicas" and "tecnológicos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eknoˈloxikas] versus [t̪eknoˈloxikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tecnológicas" or "tecnológicos"?
"tecnológicos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,373 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tecnológicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tecnológicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,609 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tecnológicas" and "tecnológicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tecnológicas vs teológicas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #260,609 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