Which to use
“excursión” and “excursiones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,459
- “excursión” frequency rank
- #19,108
- “excursiones” frequency rank
- 32567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excursión | excursiones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paseo de grupo planeado con anticipación. | Forma del plural de excursión. |
Where the eye mixes excursión and excursiones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses excursión with excursiones
A purely visual mix-up. excursión ([ekskuɾˈsjõn]) and excursiones ([ekskuɾˈsjones]) 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 32567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excursión is recorded at frequency rank #13,459, classified as anoun, pronounced [ekskuɾˈsjõn]. excursiones is at rank #19,108, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ekskuɾˈsjones].
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 32567, this pair ranks #201,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excursión vs excursiones
Shared letters: ceinrsux. Private to "excursión": ó. Private to "excursiones": o.
"excursión" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "excursiones" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- excursiones ← ecxursiones · exccursiones · excrusiones · excurciones · excurisones · excurrsiones · excursinoes · excursioens
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excursión" and "excursiones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excursión" or "excursiones" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "excursión" and "excursiones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excursión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excursiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excursión" and "excursiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exclusiones vs excursiones". 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 #201,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.