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

#46,318
“alexia” frequency rank
#23,314
“avería” frequency rank
69632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alexia avería
Definition Condición patológica cerebral que imposibilita la lectura. Establecimiento o lugar donde se crían aves o pájaros para el beneficio humano.

Where the eye mixes alexia and avería

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. alexia and avería follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
alexia
6 ch
avería

Look-alike desk: alexia vs avería

A purely visual mix-up. alexia ([aˈleksja]) and avería ([aβ̞eˈɾia]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alexia is recorded at frequency rank #46,318, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈleksja]. avería is at rank #23,314, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞eˈɾia].

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 69632, this pair ranks #31,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alexia vs avería

Shared letters: ae. Private to "alexia": ilx. Private to "avería": rví.

"alexia" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "avería" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alexia ← aelxia · aleixa · alexai · alexxia · allexia · alxeia · laexia

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alexia" and "avería" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈleksja] versus [aβ̞eˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "alexia" vs "avería" - which ranks higher?
"avería" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,314 in our Spanish list, against #46,318 for "alexia". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alexia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avería" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alexia" and "avería" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alexia vs anexa". 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 #31,555 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