Which to use
“cuestionar” is a verb and “cuestiones” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,476
- “cuestionar” frequency rank
- #2,285
- “cuestiones” frequency rank
- 12761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuestionar | cuestiones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poner en duda algo, especialmente una idea, una creencia o la declaración de alguien. | Forma del plural de cuestión. |
Where the eye mixes cuestionar and cuestiones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cuestionar and cuestiones follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cuestionar vs cuestiones
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cuestionar is [kwest̪joˈnaɾ] while cuestiones is [kwesˈt̪jones]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuestionar is recorded at frequency rank #10,476, classified as averb, pronounced [kwest̪joˈnaɾ]. cuestiones is at rank #2,285, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kwesˈt̪jones].
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 12761, this pair ranks #290,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cuestionar vs cuestiones
Shared letters: ceinostu. Private to "cuestionar": ar. Private to "cuestiones": -.
"cuestionar" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC · "cuestiones" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuestionar ← ccuestionar · ceustionar · cuesitonar · cuesstionar · cuestinoar · cuestioanr · cuestionarr · cuestionnar
- cuestiones ← ccuestiones · ceustiones · cuesitones · cuesstiones · cuestinoes · cuestioens · cuestioness · cuestionnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cuestionar" and "cuestiones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cuestionar" or "cuestiones" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cuestionar" and "cuestiones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cuestionar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuestiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuestionar" and "cuestiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuestionar vs cuestionaron". 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 #290,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.