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

#9,089
“concesiones” frequency rank
#13,644
“confesiones” frequency rank
22733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concesiones confesiones
Definition Forma del plural de concesión. Forma del plural de confesión

Where the eye mixes concesiones and confesiones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. concesiones and confesiones follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
concesiones
11 ch
confesiones

Why the eye confuses concesiones with confesiones

A purely visual mix-up. concesiones ([kõnseˈsjones]) and confesiones ([kõɱfeˈsjones]) 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 - c in “concesiones” becomes f in “confesiones”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concesiones is recorded at frequency rank #9,089, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõnseˈsjones]. confesiones is at rank #13,644, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kõɱfeˈsjones].

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 22733, this pair ranks #248,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of concesiones vs confesiones

Shared letters: ceinos. Private to "concesiones": -. Private to "confesiones": f.

"concesiones" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC  ·  "confesiones" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concesiones ← cconcesiones · cnocesiones · cocnesiones · conccesiones · conceciones · conceisones · concesinoes · concesioens
  • confesiones ← cconfesiones · cnofesiones · cofnesiones · conefsiones · confeciones · confeisones · confesinoes · confesioens

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "concesiones" and "confesiones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kõnseˈsjones] versus [kõɱfeˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "concesiones" or "confesiones" show up more?
"concesiones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,089 in our Spanish list, against #13,644 for "confesiones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "concesiones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "confesiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #248,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concesiones" and "confesiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confesiones vs contusiones". 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 #248,969 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