# explosion vs explosiva

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### explosion
*noun · IPA /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/ · frequency rank #43,008*
Explosión.

### explosiva
*adjective · IPA [eksploˈsiβ̞a] · frequency rank #21,331*
Forma del femenino de explosivo.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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