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

#46,990
“cesiones” frequency rank
#3,739
“sesiones” frequency rank
50729
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cesiones sesiones
Definition Forma del plural de cesión. Forma del plural de sesión.

Same sound, different letters: cesiones vs sesiones

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cesiones and sesiones follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
cesiones
8 ch
sesiones

Homophone desk: cesiones vs sesiones

This is the hard kind. cesiones and sesiones are pronounced identically ([seˈsjones]) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - c in “cesiones” becomes s in “sesiones”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cesiones is recorded at frequency rank #46,990, classified as anoun, pronounced [seˈsjones]. sesiones is at rank #3,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced [seˈsjones].

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 50729, this pair ranks #101,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cesiones vs sesiones

Shared letters: einos. Private to "cesiones": c. Private to "sesiones": -.

"cesiones" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC  ·  "sesiones" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cesiones ← ccesiones · ceisones · cesinoes · cesioens · cesioness · cesionnes · cesionse · cesoines
  • sesiones ← ceciones · essiones · seisones · sesinoes · sesioens · sesioness · sesionnes · sesionse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cesiones" for "sesiones" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same ([seˈsjones]), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cesiones" or "sesiones" show up more?
"sesiones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,739 in our Spanish list, against #46,990 for "cesiones". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "cesiones" / "sesiones". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cesiones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sesiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,652 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cesiones" and "sesiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cesión vs cesiones". 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 #101,652 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