afeccionesvsaficionesTell them apart

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

#24,011
“afecciones” frequency rank
#24,712
“aficiones” frequency rank
48723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature afecciones aficiones
Definition Forma del plural de afección. Forma del plural de afición.

Where the eye mixes afecciones and aficiones

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

10 ch
afecciones
9 ch
aficiones

Look-alike desk: afecciones vs aficiones

A purely visual mix-up. afecciones ([afekˈsjones]) and aficiones ([afiˈsjones]) 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 48723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

afecciones is recorded at frequency rank #24,011, classified as anoun, pronounced [afekˈsjones]. aficiones is at rank #24,712, tagged as anoun, pronounced [afiˈsjones].

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 48723, this pair ranks #112,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of afecciones vs aficiones

Shared letters: acefinos. Private to "afecciones": -. Private to "aficiones": -.

"afecciones" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCVC  ·  "aficiones" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • afeccionesaefcciones · afceciones · afeccinoes · afeccioens · afeccioness · afeccionnes · afeccionse · afeccoines
  • aficionesafciiones · afficiones · aficciones · aficinoes · aficioens · aficioness · aficionnes · aficionse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "afecciones" for "aficiones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([afekˈsjones] versus [afiˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "afecciones" vs "aficiones" - which ranks higher?
"afecciones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,011 in our Spanish list, against #24,712 for "aficiones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "afecciones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aficiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #112,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "afecciones" and "aficiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afecciones vs afectaciones". 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 #112,890 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