Which to use
“communication” and “communications” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,199
- “communication” frequency rank
- #33,494
- “communications” frequency rank
- 73693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communication | communications |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Comunicación | Forma del plural de communication. |
Where the eye mixes communication and communications
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. communication runs 13 letters (CVCCVCVCVCVVC) against communications's 14 (CVCCVCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between communication and communications
A purely visual mix-up. communication (/kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/) and communications (/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/) 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) - “communication” sits inside “communications”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communication is recorded at frequency rank #40,199, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/. communications is at rank #33,494, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/.
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 73693, this pair ranks #22,794 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of communication vs communications
Shared letters: acimnotu. Private to "communication": -. Private to "communications": s.
"communication" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVC · "communications" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- communication ← ccommunication · cmomunication · commnuication · commuincation · communciation · communiaction · communicaiton · communicatino
- communications ← ccommunications · cmomunications · commnuications · commuincations · communciations · communiactions · communicaitons · communicatinos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "communication" and "communications" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "communication" vs "communications" - which ranks higher?
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 "communication" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communications" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,794 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communication" and "communications" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communication vs comunicación". 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 #22,794 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.