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

#37,367
“trágicas” frequency rank
#29,869
“trágicos” frequency rank
67236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature trágicas trágicos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de trágico. Forma del masculino plural de trágico.

Where the eye mixes trágicas and trágicos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. trágicas and trágicos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
trágicas
8 ch
trágicos

Visual trap between trágicas and trágicos

A purely visual mix-up. trágicas ([ˈt̪ɾaxikas]) and trágicos ([ˈt̪ɾaxikos]) 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 “trágicas” becomes o in “trágicos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trágicas is recorded at frequency rank #37,367, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾaxikas]. trágicos is at rank #29,869, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾaxikos].

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 67236, this pair ranks #37,686 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of trágicas vs trágicos

Shared letters: cgirstá. Private to "trágicas": a. Private to "trágicos": o.

"trágicas" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "trágicos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "trágicas" and "trágicos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪ɾaxikas] versus [ˈt̪ɾaxikos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "trágicas" or "trágicos"?
"trágicos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,869 in our Spanish list, against #37,367 for "trágicas". 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 "trágicas" and "trágicos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "trágicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trágicos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,686 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "trágicas" and "trágicos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trágicos vs trajimos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #37,686 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