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

#15,356
“ejecuciones” frequency rank
#549
“elecciones” frequency rank
15905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejecuciones elecciones
Definition Forma del plural de ejecución. Proceso para escoger un líder o miembros representativos mediante votación.

Where the eye mixes ejecuciones and elecciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
ejecuciones
10 ch
elecciones

Visual trap between ejecuciones and elecciones

A purely visual mix-up. ejecuciones ([exekuˈsjones]) and elecciones ([elekˈsjones]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejecuciones is recorded at frequency rank #15,356, classified as anoun, pronounced [exekuˈsjones]. elecciones is at rank #549, tagged as anoun, pronounced [elekˈsjones].

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 15905, this pair ranks #278,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ejecuciones vs elecciones

Shared letters: ceinos. Private to "ejecuciones": ju. Private to "elecciones": l.

"ejecuciones" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCVC  ·  "elecciones" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejecucioneseejcuciones · ejceuciones · ejeccuciones · ejeccuiones · ejecucciones · ejecucinoes · ejecucioens · ejecucioness
  • eleccioneseelcciones · elceciones · eleccinoes · eleccioens · eleccioness · eleccionnes · eleccionse · eleccoines

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ejecuciones" and "elecciones" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([exekuˈsjones] versus [elekˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ejecuciones" or "elecciones" show up more?
"elecciones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #549 in our Spanish list, against #15,356 for "ejecuciones". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecuciones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "elecciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #278,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejecuciones" and "elecciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejecuciones vs erecciones". 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 #278,299 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