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

#19,108
“excursiones” frequency rank
#38,700
“expulsiones” frequency rank
57808
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature excursiones expulsiones
Definition Forma del plural de excursión. Forma del plural de expulsión

Where the eye mixes excursiones and expulsiones

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

11 ch
excursiones
11 ch
expulsiones

Why the eye confuses excursiones with expulsiones

A purely visual mix-up. excursiones ([ekskuɾˈsjones]) and expulsiones ([ekspulˈsjones]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

excursiones is recorded at frequency rank #19,108, classified as anoun, pronounced [ekskuɾˈsjones]. expulsiones is at rank #38,700, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ekspulˈsjones].

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 57808, this pair ranks #68,991 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of excursiones vs expulsiones

Shared letters: einosux. Private to "excursiones": cr. Private to "expulsiones": lp.

"excursiones" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC  ·  "expulsiones" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excursionesecxursiones · exccursiones · excrusiones · excurciones · excurisones · excurrsiones · excursinoes · excursioens
  • expulsionesepxulsiones · explusiones · exppulsiones · expulciones · expulisones · expullsiones · expulsinoes · expulsioens

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "excursiones" for "expulsiones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekskuɾˈsjones] versus [ekspulˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excursiones" or "expulsiones" show up more?
"excursiones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,108 in our Spanish list, against #38,700 for "expulsiones". 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 "excursiones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "expulsiones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,991 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excursiones" and "expulsiones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expansiones vs expulsiones". 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 #68,991 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