adicionesvsadopcionesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,910
“adiciones” frequency rank
#42,778
“adopciones” frequency rank
76688
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adiciones adopciones
Definition Forma del plural de adición. Forma del plural de adopción.

Where the eye mixes adiciones and adopciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
adiciones
10 ch
adopciones

Visual trap between adiciones and adopciones

A purely visual mix-up. adiciones ([að̞iˈsjones]) and adopciones ([að̞opˈsjones]) 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 76688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adiciones is recorded at frequency rank #33,910, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞iˈsjones]. adopciones is at rank #42,778, tagged as anoun, pronounced [að̞opˈsjones].

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 76688, this pair ranks #17,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adiciones vs adopciones

Shared letters: acdeinos. Private to "adiciones": -. Private to "adopciones": p.

"adiciones" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC  ·  "adopciones" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adicionesadciiones · addiciones · adicinoes · adicioens · adicioness · adicionnes · adicionse · adicoines
  • adopcionesaddopciones · adocpiones · adopcciones · adopcinoes · adopcioens · adopcioness · adopcionnes · adopcionse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adiciones" for "adopciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞iˈsjones] versus [að̞opˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "adiciones" vs "adopciones" - which ranks higher?
"adiciones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,910 in our Spanish list, against #42,778 for "adopciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "adiciones" and "adopciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adiciones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adopciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,280 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adiciones" and "adopciones" 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 #17,280 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