afiliaciónvsafiliacionesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#12,964
“afiliación” frequency rank
#42,230
“afiliaciones” frequency rank
55194
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature afiliación afiliaciones
Definition Acción o efecto de afiliar o de afiliarse (hacer(se) oficialmente miembro de una organización o grupo; inscribirse; incorporarse). Forma del plural de afiliación.

Where the eye mixes afiliación and afiliaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. afiliación runs 10 letters (VCVCVVCVVC) against afiliaciones's 12 (VCVCVVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
afiliación
12 ch
afiliaciones

Look-alike desk: afiliación vs afiliaciones

A purely visual mix-up. afiliación ([afiljaˈsjõn]) and afiliaciones ([afiljaˈsjones]) 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 55194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

afiliación is recorded at frequency rank #12,964, classified as anoun, pronounced [afiljaˈsjõn]. afiliaciones is at rank #42,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced [afiljaˈsjones].

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 55194, this pair ranks #79,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of afiliación vs afiliaciones

Shared letters: acfiln. Private to "afiliación": ó. Private to "afiliaciones": eos.

"afiliación" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVC  ·  "afiliaciones" · 12 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • afiliaciones ← affiliaciones · afiilaciones · afilaiciones · afiliacciones · afiliacinoes · afiliacioens · afiliacioness · afiliacionnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "afiliación" for "afiliaciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([afiljaˈsjõn] versus [afiljaˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "afiliación" vs "afiliaciones" - which ranks higher?
"afiliación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,964 in our Spanish list, against #42,230 for "afiliaciones". 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 "afiliación" and "afiliaciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "afiliación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "afiliaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,992 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "afiliación" and "afiliaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afiliaciones vs ampliaciones". 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 #79,992 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