adiciónvsadicionesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#12,747
“adición” frequency rank
#33,910
“adiciones” frequency rank
46657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adición adiciones
Definition Acción o efecto de sumar, añadir, agregar o adicionar. Forma del plural de adición.

Where the eye mixes adición and adiciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
adición
9 ch
adiciones

Why the eye confuses adición with adiciones

A purely visual mix-up. adición ([að̞iˈsjõn]) and adiciones ([að̞iˈsjones]) 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 46657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adición is recorded at frequency rank #12,747, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞iˈsjõn]. adiciones is at rank #33,910, tagged as anoun, pronounced [að̞iˈsjones].

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 46657, this pair ranks #124,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adición vs adiciones

Shared letters: acdin. Private to "adición": ó. Private to "adiciones": eos.

"adición" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "adiciones" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adicionesadciiones · addiciones · adicinoes · adicioens · adicioness · adicionnes · adicionse · adicoines

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adición" for "adiciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞iˈsjõn] versus [að̞iˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "adición" or "adiciones" show up more?
"adición" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,747 in our Spanish list, against #33,910 for "adiciones". 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 "adición" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adiciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adición" and "adiciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adiciones 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 #124,508 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