Which to use
“adicción” and “adicciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,902
- “adicción” frequency rank
- #23,647
- “adicciones” frequency rank
- 32549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adicción | adicciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Estado de dependencia psicológica y fisiológica, asociado con el ansia, un alivio temporal y consecuencias negativas a largo plazo, junto con un impedimento para controlarlo, de modo que la persona desea dejarlo y no puede; como adicción al alcohol, drogas o, a prácticas como los juegos, las compras, el trabajo, etc. | Forma del plural de adicción. |
Where the eye mixes adicción and adicciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: adicción vs adicciones
A purely visual mix-up. adicción ([að̞ikˈsjõn]) and adicciones ([að̞ikˈsjones]) 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 32549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adicción is recorded at frequency rank #8,902, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞ikˈsjõn]. adicciones is at rank #23,647, tagged as anoun, pronounced [að̞ikˈsjones].
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 32549, this pair ranks #201,400 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adicción vs adicciones
Shared letters: acdin. Private to "adicción": ó. Private to "adicciones": eos.
"adicción" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "adicciones" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adicciones ← adciciones · addicciones · adiccinoes · adiccioens · adiccioness · adiccionnes · adiccionse · adiccoines
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adicción" and "adicciones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "adicción" or "adicciones" show up more?
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 "adicción" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adicciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,400 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adicción" and "adicciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adicciones 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 #201,400 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.