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

#28,211
“acepción” frequency rank
#38,469
“acepciones” frequency rank
66680
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acepción acepciones
Definition Cada uno de los significados de una palabra. Forma del plural de acepción.

Where the eye mixes acepción and acepciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. acepción runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against acepciones's 10 (VCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
acepción
10 ch
acepciones

Visual trap between acepción and acepciones

A purely visual mix-up. acepción ([asepˈsjõn]) and acepciones ([asepˈsjones]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acepción is recorded at frequency rank #28,211, classified as anoun, pronounced [asepˈsjõn]. acepciones is at rank #38,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced [asepˈsjones].

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 66680, this pair ranks #39,192 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of acepción vs acepciones

Shared letters: aceinp. Private to "acepción": ó. Private to "acepciones": os.

"acepción" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC  ·  "acepciones" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acepcionesaccepciones · acecpiones · acepcciones · acepcinoes · acepcioens · acepcioness · acepcionnes · acepcionse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acepción" and "acepciones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([asepˈsjõn] versus [asepˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acepción" vs "acepciones" - which ranks higher?
"acepción" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,211 in our Spanish list, against #38,469 for "acepciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acepción" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acepciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,192 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acepción" and "acepciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acepciones vs adopciones". 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 #39,192 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