Which to use
“adicción” and “adición” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,902
- “adicción” frequency rank
- #12,747
- “adición” frequency rank
- 21649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adicción | adición |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Acción o efecto de sumar, añadir, agregar o adicionar. |
Where the eye mixes adicción and adición
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adicción runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against adición's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adicción and adición
A purely visual mix-up. adicción ([að̞ikˈsjõn]) and adición ([að̞iˈsjõn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21649, 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]. adición is at rank #12,747, tagged as anoun, pronounced [að̞iˈsjõn].
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 21649, this pair ranks #253,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adicción vs adición
Shared letters: acdinó. Private to "adicción": -. Private to "adición": -.
"adicción" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "adición" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adicción" for "adición" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adicción" vs "adición" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "adicción" and "adición" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adicción" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adición" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adicción" and "adición" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adición vs adiciones". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #253,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.