comisiónvscomuniónWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#839
“comisión” frequency rank
#10,290
“comunión” frequency rank
11129
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comisión comunión
Definition Acción de cometer. Vinculación en lo que se tiene en común.

Where the eye mixes comisión and comunión

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. comisión and comunión follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
comisión
8 ch
comunión

Why the eye confuses comisión with comunión

A purely visual mix-up. comisión ([komiˈsjõn]) and comunión ([komuˈnjõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comisión is recorded at frequency rank #839, classified as anoun, pronounced [komiˈsjõn]. comunión is at rank #10,290, tagged as anoun, pronounced [komuˈnjõn].

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 11129, this pair ranks #296,163 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of comisión vs comunión

Shared letters: cimnoó. Private to "comisión": s. Private to "comunión": u.

"comisión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "comunión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comisión" and "comunión" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([komiˈsjõn] versus [komuˈnjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "comisión" vs "comunión" - which ranks higher?
"comisión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #839 in our Spanish list, against #10,290 for "comunión". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "comisión" and "comunión" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comisión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comunión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #296,163 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comisión" and "comunión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colusión vs comunión". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #296,163 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