Which to use
“confesión” and “confesiones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,692
- “confesión” frequency rank
- #13,644
- “confesiones” frequency rank
- 21336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confesión | confesiones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de confesar o de confesarse. | Forma del plural de confesión |
Where the eye mixes confesión and confesiones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. confesión runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against confesiones's 11 (CVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between confesión and confesiones
A purely visual mix-up. confesión ([kõɱfeˈsjõn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confesión is recorded at frequency rank #7,692, classified as anoun, pronounced [kõɱfeˈsjõn]. 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 21336, this pair ranks #255,381 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of confesión vs confesiones
Shared letters: cefinos. Private to "confesión": ó. Private to "confesiones": -.
"confesión" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "confesiones" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- confesiones ← cconfesiones · cnofesiones · cofnesiones · conefsiones · confeciones · confeisones · confesinoes · confesioens
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "confesión" for "confesiones" ever safe?
Frequency check: "confesión" vs "confesiones" - which ranks higher?
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 "confesión" 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 #255,381 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confesión" 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 #255,381 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.