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Which to use

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

#6,771
“donación” frequency rank
#7,297
“donaciones” frequency rank
14068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature donación donaciones
Definition Efecto y acción de dar o donar. Forma del plural de donación.

Where the eye mixes donación and donaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. donación runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against donaciones's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
donación
10 ch
donaciones

Visual trap between donación and donaciones

A purely visual mix-up. donación ([d̪onaˈsjõn]) and donaciones ([d̪onaˈsjones]) 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 14068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

donación is recorded at frequency rank #6,771, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪onaˈsjõn]. donaciones is at rank #7,297, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪onaˈsjones].

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 14068, this pair ranks #285,500 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of donación vs donaciones

Shared letters: acdino. Private to "donación": ó. Private to "donaciones": es.

"donación" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "donaciones" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • donaciones ← ddonaciones · dnoaciones · doanciones · donacciones · donacinoes · donacioens · donacioness · donacionnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "donación" for "donaciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪onaˈsjõn] versus [d̪onaˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "donación" or "donaciones" show up more?
"donación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,771 in our Spanish list, against #7,297 for "donaciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "donación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "donaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #285,500 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "donación" and "donaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dilación vs donación". 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 #285,500 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