Which to use
“adopción” and “adopciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,848
- “adopción” frequency rank
- #42,778
- “adopciones” frequency rank
- 47626
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adopción | adopciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acto legal mediante el cual se crea un vínculo de parentesco entre dos personas, que generalmente establece una relación de paternidad y/o maternidad. | Forma del plural de adopción. |
Where the eye mixes adopción and adopciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adopción runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against adopciones's 10 (VCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adopción vs adopciones
A purely visual mix-up. adopción ([að̞opˈsjõn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adopción is recorded at frequency rank #4,848, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞opˈsjõn]. 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 47626, this pair ranks #119,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adopción vs adopciones
Shared letters: acdinop. Private to "adopción": ó. Private to "adopciones": es.
"adopción" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "adopciones" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adopciones ← addopciones · adocpiones · adopcciones · adopcinoes · adopcioens · adopcioness · adopcionnes · adopcionse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adopción" and "adopciones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adopción" vs "adopciones" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adopción" 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 #119,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adopción" and "adopciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acepciones 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 #119,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.