Which to use
“vaciar” is a verb and “vacías” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,894
- “vaciar” frequency rank
- #9,556
- “vacías” frequency rank
- 32450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vaciar | vacías |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retirar el interior o contenido de algo. | Forma del femenino plural de vacío. |
Where the eye mixes vaciar and vacías
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vaciar and vacías follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between vaciar and vacías
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vaciar is [baˈsjaɾ] while vacías is [baˈsias]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vaciar is recorded at frequency rank #22,894, classified as averb, pronounced [baˈsjaɾ]. vacías is at rank #9,556, tagged as anadj, pronounced [baˈsias].
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 32450, this pair ranks #201,885 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vaciar vs vacías
Shared letters: acv. Private to "vaciar": ir. Private to "vacías": sí.
"vaciar" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "vacías" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vaciar ← avciar · baciar · vacair · vacciar · vaciarr · vacira · vaicar · vasiar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vaciar" and "vacías" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vaciar" or "vacías" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vaciar" and "vacías" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vaciar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vacías" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,885 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vaciar" and "vacías" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaciar vs vacila". 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 #201,885 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.