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

#15,268
“alineación” frequency rank
#41,725
“alineaciones” frequency rank
56993
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alineación alineaciones
Definition Acción o efecto de alinear. Forma del plural de alineación.

Where the eye mixes alineación and alineaciones

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

10 ch
alineación
12 ch
alineaciones

Visual trap between alineación and alineaciones

A purely visual mix-up. alineación ([alineaˈsjõn]) and alineaciones ([alineaˈsjones]) 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 56993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alineación is recorded at frequency rank #15,268, classified as anoun, pronounced [alineaˈsjõn]. alineaciones is at rank #41,725, tagged as anoun, pronounced [alineaˈsjones].

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 56993, this pair ranks #72,300 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alineación vs alineaciones

Shared letters: aceiln. Private to "alineación": ó. Private to "alineaciones": os.

"alineación" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVC  ·  "alineaciones" · 12 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alineaciones ← ailneaciones · alienaciones · alinaeciones · alineacciones · alineacinoes · alineacioens · alineacioness · alineacionnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alineación" and "alineaciones" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([alineaˈsjõn] versus [alineaˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "alineación" vs "alineaciones" - which ranks higher?
"alineación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,268 in our Spanish list, against #41,725 for "alineaciones". 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 "alineación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "alineaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,300 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alineación" and "alineaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aleaciones vs alineaciones". 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 #72,300 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