Which to use
“vicios” is a noun and “viciosa” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,280
- “vicios” frequency rank
- #37,901
- “viciosa” frequency rank
- 50181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vicios | viciosa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de vicio. | Forma del femenino de vicioso. |
Where the eye mixes vicios and viciosa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vicios runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against viciosa's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vicios vs viciosa
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vicios is [ˈbisjos] while viciosa is [biˈsjosa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vicios” sits inside “viciosa”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vicios is recorded at frequency rank #12,280, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbisjos]. viciosa is at rank #37,901, tagged as anadj, pronounced [biˈsjosa].
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 50181, this pair ranks #104,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vicios vs viciosa
Shared letters: ciosv. Private to "vicios": -. Private to "viciosa": a.
"vicios" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "viciosa" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vicios" for "viciosa" ever safe?
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vicios" and "viciosa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vicios" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "viciosa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vicios" and "viciosa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vicios vs visos". 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 #104,633 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.