audienciavsaudienciasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,801
“audiencia” frequency rank
#9,072
“audiencias” frequency rank
10873
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature audiencia audiencias
Definition Acto de escuchar la autoridad a los que acuden a ella. Forma del plural de audiencia.

Where the eye mixes audiencia and audiencias

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

9 ch
audiencia
10 ch
audiencias

Visual trap between audiencia and audiencias

A purely visual mix-up. audiencia ([awˈð̞jẽnsja]) and audiencias ([awˈð̞jẽnsjas]) 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) - “audiencia” sits inside “audiencias”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

audiencia is recorded at frequency rank #1,801, classified as anoun, pronounced [awˈð̞jẽnsja]. audiencias is at rank #9,072, tagged as anoun, pronounced [awˈð̞jẽnsjas].

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 10873, this pair ranks #297,075 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of audiencia vs audiencias

Shared letters: acdeinu. Private to "audiencia": -. Private to "audiencias": s.

"audiencia" · 9 letters · shape VVCVVCCVV  ·  "audiencias" · 10 letters · shape VVCVVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • audiencia ← aduiencia · auddiencia · audeincia · audiecnia · audiencai · audienccia · audienica · audienncia
  • audiencias ← aduiencias · auddiencias · audeincias · audiecnias · audiencais · audienccias · audienciass · audiencisa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "audiencia" and "audiencias" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([awˈð̞jẽnsja] versus [awˈð̞jẽnsjas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "audiencia" or "audiencias" show up more?
"audiencia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,801 in our Spanish list, against #9,072 for "audiencias". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "audiencia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "audiencias" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #297,075 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "audiencia" and "audiencias" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "audiencias vs ausencias". 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 #297,075 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