aberturasvsaperturasTell them apart

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

#29,454
“aberturas” frequency rank
#33,936
“aperturas” frequency rank
63390
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aberturas aperturas
Definition Forma del plural de abertura. Forma del plural de apertura.

Where the eye mixes aberturas and aperturas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. aberturas and aperturas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
aberturas
9 ch
aperturas

Look-alike desk: aberturas vs aperturas

A purely visual mix-up. aberturas ([aβ̞eɾˈt̪uɾas]) and aperturas ([apeɾˈt̪uɾas]) 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 - b in “aberturas” becomes p in “aperturas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63390, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aberturas is recorded at frequency rank #29,454, classified as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞eɾˈt̪uɾas]. aperturas is at rank #33,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced [apeɾˈt̪uɾas].

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 63390, this pair ranks #48,911 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aberturas vs aperturas

Shared letters: aerstu. Private to "aberturas": b. Private to "aperturas": p.

"aberturas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "aperturas" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aberturas ← abberturas · aberrturas · abertruas · abertturas · abertuars · aberturass · aberturras · abertursa
  • aperturas ← aeprturas · aperrturas · apertruas · apertturas · apertuars · aperturass · aperturras · apertursa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aberturas" and "aperturas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞eɾˈt̪uɾas] versus [apeɾˈt̪uɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aberturas" or "aperturas" show up more?
"aberturas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,454 in our Spanish list, against #33,936 for "aperturas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "aberturas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aperturas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,911 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aberturas" and "aperturas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abertura vs aperturas". 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 #48,911 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