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

#10,849
“evacuación” frequency rank
#48,391
“evacuaciones” frequency rank
59240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evacuación evacuaciones
Definition Acción o efecto de evacuar (salir o desalojar un lugar; vaciar un recipiente o los intestinos). Forma del plural de evacuación.

Where the eye mixes evacuación and evacuaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. evacuación runs 10 letters (VCVCVVCVVC) against evacuaciones's 12 (VCVCVVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
evacuación
12 ch
evacuaciones

Visual trap between evacuación and evacuaciones

A purely visual mix-up. evacuación ([eβ̞akwaˈsjõn]) and evacuaciones ([eβ̞akwaˈsjones]) 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 59240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evacuación is recorded at frequency rank #10,849, classified as anoun, pronounced [eβ̞akwaˈsjõn]. evacuaciones is at rank #48,391, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eβ̞akwaˈsjones].

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 59240, this pair ranks #63,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of evacuación vs evacuaciones

Shared letters: aceinuv. Private to "evacuación": ó. Private to "evacuaciones": os.

"evacuación" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVC  ·  "evacuaciones" · 12 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evacuaciones ← eavcuaciones · ebacuaciones · evacauciones · evaccuaciones · evacuacciones · evacuacinoes · evacuacioens · evacuacioness

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "evacuación" for "evacuaciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eβ̞akwaˈsjõn] versus [eβ̞akwaˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "evacuación" or "evacuaciones"?
"evacuación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,849 in our Spanish list, against #48,391 for "evacuaciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "evacuación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evacuaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evacuación" and "evacuaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evacuaciones vs evaluaciones". 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 #63,374 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