adhesiónvsadhesionesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,156
“adhesión” frequency rank
#44,529
“adhesiones” frequency rank
55685
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adhesión adhesiones
Definition Acción o efecto de adherir o adherirse; unión física entre cosas, proceso y resultado de pegarse dos o más elementos. Forma del plural de adhesión.

Where the eye mixes adhesión and adhesiones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
adhesión
10 ch
adhesiones

Look-alike desk: adhesión vs adhesiones

A purely visual mix-up. adhesión ([að̞eˈsjõn]) and adhesiones ([að̞eˈsjones]) 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 55685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adhesión is recorded at frequency rank #11,156, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞eˈsjõn]. adhesiones is at rank #44,529, tagged as anoun, pronounced [að̞eˈsjones].

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 55685, this pair ranks #77,824 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adhesión vs adhesiones

Shared letters: adehins. Private to "adhesión": ó. Private to "adhesiones": o.

"adhesión" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "adhesiones" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adhesionesaddhesiones · adehsiones · adheciones · adheisones · adhesinoes · adhesioens · adhesioness · adhesionnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adhesión" for "adhesiones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞eˈsjõn] versus [að̞eˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "adhesión" or "adhesiones"?
"adhesión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,156 in our Spanish list, against #44,529 for "adhesiones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adhesión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adhesiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,824 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adhesión" and "adhesiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adhesiones vs admisiones". 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 #77,824 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