Which to use
“delegación” and “delegaciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,071
- “delegación” frequency rank
- #12,357
- “delegaciones” frequency rank
- 16428
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegación | delegaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción y efecto de delegar. | Forma del plural de delegación. |
Where the eye mixes delegación and delegaciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. delegación runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against delegaciones's 12 (CVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: delegación vs delegaciones
A purely visual mix-up. delegación ([d̪eleɣ̞aˈsjõn]) and delegaciones ([d̪eleɣ̞aˈsjones]) 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 16428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delegación is recorded at frequency rank #4,071, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪eleɣ̞aˈsjõn]. delegaciones is at rank #12,357, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪eleɣ̞aˈsjones].
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 16428, this pair ranks #276,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of delegación vs delegaciones
Shared letters: acdegiln. Private to "delegación": ó. Private to "delegaciones": os.
"delegación" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "delegaciones" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- delegaciones ← ddelegaciones · deelgaciones · deleagciones · delegacciones · delegacinoes · delegacioens · delegacioness · delegacionnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delegación" for "delegaciones" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "delegación" or "delegaciones" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "delegación" and "delegaciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "delegación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delegaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegación" and "delegaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delegación vs derogación". 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 #276,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.