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Which to use

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

#19,611
“alegaciones” frequency rank
#12,758
“apelaciones” frequency rank
32369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alegaciones apelaciones
Definition Forma del plural de alegación. Forma del plural de apelación.

Where the eye mixes alegaciones and apelaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. alegaciones and apelaciones follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
alegaciones
11 ch
apelaciones

Look-alike desk: alegaciones vs apelaciones

A purely visual mix-up. alegaciones ([aleɣ̞aˈsjones]) and apelaciones ([apelaˈsjones]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alegaciones is recorded at frequency rank #19,611, classified as anoun, pronounced [aleɣ̞aˈsjones]. apelaciones is at rank #12,758, tagged as anoun, pronounced [apelaˈsjones].

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 32369, this pair ranks #202,331 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alegaciones vs apelaciones

Shared letters: aceilnos. Private to "alegaciones": g. Private to "apelaciones": p.

"alegaciones" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCVC  ·  "apelaciones" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alegacionesaelgaciones · aleagciones · alegacciones · alegacinoes · alegacioens · alegacioness · alegacionnes · alegacionse
  • apelacionesaeplaciones · apealciones · apelacciones · apelacinoes · apelacioens · apelacioness · apelacionnes · apelacionse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alegaciones" for "apelaciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aleɣ̞aˈsjones] versus [apelaˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "alegaciones" vs "apelaciones" - which ranks higher?
"apelaciones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,758 in our Spanish list, against #19,611 for "alegaciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "alegaciones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "apelaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #202,331 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alegaciones" and "apelaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alegación vs alegaciones". 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 #202,331 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