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

#16,266
“artesanía” frequency rank
#19,629
“artesanías” frequency rank
35895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature artesanía artesanías
Definition Manera de fabricación de productos de la manera tradicional, fabricados generalmente manualmente. Forma del plural de artesanía.

Where the eye mixes artesanía and artesanías

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

9 ch
artesanía
10 ch
artesanías

Visual trap between artesanía and artesanías

A purely visual mix-up. artesanía ([aɾt̪esaˈnia]) and artesanías ([aɾt̪esaˈnias]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “artesanía” sits inside “artesanías”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

artesanía is recorded at frequency rank #16,266, classified as anoun, pronounced [aɾt̪esaˈnia]. artesanías is at rank #19,629, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aɾt̪esaˈnias].

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 35895, this pair ranks #183,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of artesanía vs artesanías

Shared letters: aenrstí. Private to "artesanía": -. Private to "artesanías": -.

"artesanía" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV  ·  "artesanías" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "artesanía" and "artesanías" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aɾt̪esaˈnia] versus [aɾt̪esaˈnias]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "artesanía" vs "artesanías" - which ranks higher?
"artesanía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,266 in our Spanish list, against #19,629 for "artesanías". 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 "artesanía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "artesanías" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "artesanía" and "artesanías" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "artesanía vs artesano". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #183,588 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