Which to use
“alucinación” and “alucinaciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,184
- “alucinación” frequency rank
- #26,690
- “alucinaciones” frequency rank
- 67874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alucinación | alucinaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Percepción que no corresponde a ningún estímulo físico externo. | Forma del plural de alucinación. |
Where the eye mixes alucinación and alucinaciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. alucinación runs 11 letters (VCVCVCVCVVC) against alucinaciones's 13 (VCVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses alucinación with alucinaciones
A purely visual mix-up. alucinación ([alusinaˈsjõn]) and alucinaciones ([alusinaˈsjones]) 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 67874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alucinación is recorded at frequency rank #41,184, classified as anoun, pronounced [alusinaˈsjõn]. alucinaciones is at rank #26,690, tagged as anoun, pronounced [alusinaˈsjones].
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 67874, this pair ranks #35,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alucinación vs alucinaciones
Shared letters: acilnu. Private to "alucinación": ó. Private to "alucinaciones": eos.
"alucinación" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVC · "alucinaciones" · 13 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alucinaciones ← alcuinaciones · allucinaciones · aluccinaciones · alucianciones · alucinacciones · alucinacinoes · alucinacioens · alucinacioness
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alucinación" and "alucinaciones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alucinación" or "alucinaciones" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "alucinación" and "alucinaciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alucinación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alucinaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #35,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.