vacíasvsvaginasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vacías is a adjective, vaginas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vacías” is an adjective and “vaginas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,556
“vacías” frequency rank
#48,133
“vaginas” frequency rank
57689
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vacías vaginas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de vacío. Forma del plural de vagina.

Where the eye mixes vacías and vaginas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vacías runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against vaginas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vacías
7 ch
vaginas

Why the eye confuses vacías with vaginas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vacías is [baˈsias] while vaginas is [baˈxinas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vacías is recorded at frequency rank #9,556, classified as anadj, pronounced [baˈsias]. vaginas is at rank #48,133, tagged as anoun, pronounced [baˈxinas].

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 57689, this pair ranks #69,481 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vacías vs vaginas

Shared letters: asv. Private to "vacías": cí. Private to "vaginas": gin.

"vacías" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "vaginas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vaginas ← avginas · baginas · vagginas · vagians · vaginass · vaginnas · vaginsa · vagnias

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vacías" and "vaginas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vacías" is an adjective and "vaginas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vacías" or "vaginas" show up more?
"vacías" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,556 in our Spanish list, against #48,133 for "vaginas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vacías" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vaginas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,481 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vacías" and "vaginas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaginales vs vaginas". 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 #69,481 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