Which to use
“excepción” and “excepciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,774
- “excepción” frequency rank
- #7,020
- “excepciones” frequency rank
- 9794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excepción | excepciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Efecto y acción de exceptuar o excluir. | Forma del plural de excepción. |
Where the eye mixes excepción and excepciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. excepción runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against excepciones's 11 (VCCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses excepción with excepciones
A purely visual mix-up. excepción ([eksepˈsjõn]) and excepciones ([eksepˈsjones]) 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 9794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excepción is recorded at frequency rank #2,774, classified as anoun, pronounced [eksepˈsjõn]. excepciones is at rank #7,020, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eksepˈsjones].
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 9794, this pair ranks #300,800 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of excepción vs excepciones
Shared letters: ceinpx. Private to "excepción": ó. Private to "excepciones": os.
"excepción" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "excepciones" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- excepciones ← ecxepciones · exccepciones · excecpiones · excepcciones · excepcinoes · excepcioens · excepcioness · excepcionnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excepción" for "excepciones" ever safe?
Frequency check: "excepción" vs "excepciones" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excepción" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excepciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,800 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excepción" and "excepciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excepciones vs exenciones". 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 #300,800 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.