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

#22,320
“deportación” frequency rank
#35,450
“deportaciones” frequency rank
57770
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deportación deportaciones
Definition Acción o efecto de deportar. Forma del plural de deportación.

Where the eye mixes deportación and deportaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. deportación runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVVC) against deportaciones's 13 (CVCVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
deportación
13 ch
deportaciones

Visual trap between deportación and deportaciones

A purely visual mix-up. deportación ([d̪epoɾt̪aˈsjõn]) and deportaciones ([d̪epoɾt̪aˈsjones]) 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 57770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deportación is recorded at frequency rank #22,320, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪epoɾt̪aˈsjõn]. deportaciones is at rank #35,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪epoɾt̪aˈsjones].

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 57770, this pair ranks #69,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of deportación vs deportaciones

Shared letters: acdeinoprt. Private to "deportación": ó. Private to "deportaciones": s.

"deportación" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC  ·  "deportaciones" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deportaciones ← ddeportaciones · deoprtaciones · deporatciones · deporrtaciones · deportacciones · deportacinoes · deportacioens · deportacioness

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "deportación" and "deportaciones" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪epoɾt̪aˈsjõn] versus [d̪epoɾt̪aˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "deportación" vs "deportaciones" - which ranks higher?
"deportación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,320 in our Spanish list, against #35,450 for "deportaciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deportación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "deportaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deportación" and "deportaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deformaciones vs deportaciones". 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 #69,154 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