colisiónvscomisiónConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#16,291
“colisión” frequency rank
#839
“comisión” frequency rank
17130
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature colisión comisión
Definition Acción o efecto de colisionar o de chocar Acción de cometer.

Where the eye mixes colisión and comisión

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. colisión and comisión follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
colisión
8 ch
comisión

Visual trap between colisión and comisión

A purely visual mix-up. colisión ([koliˈsjõn]) and comisión ([komiˈsjõn]) 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 a single letter - l in “colisión” becomes m in “comisión”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

colisión is recorded at frequency rank #16,291, classified as anoun, pronounced [koliˈsjõn]. comisión is at rank #839, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komiˈsjõn].

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 17130, this pair ranks #273,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of colisión vs comisión

Shared letters: cinosó. Private to "colisión": l. Private to "comisión": m.

"colisión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "comisión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "colisión" and "comisión" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koliˈsjõn] versus [komiˈsjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "colisión" or "comisión"?
"comisión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #839 in our Spanish list, against #16,291 for "colisión". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "colisión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comisión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,422 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "colisión" and "comisión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colisión vs colisiones". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #273,422 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