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Which to use

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

#1,509
“fundación” frequency rank
#13,706
“fundaciones” frequency rank
15215
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fundación fundaciones
Definition acción y efecto de fundar Forma del plural de fundación.

Where the eye mixes fundación and fundaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. fundación runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against fundaciones's 11 (CVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
fundación
11 ch
fundaciones

Look-alike desk: fundación vs fundaciones

A purely visual mix-up. fundación ([fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn]) and fundaciones ([fũn̪d̪aˈsjones]) 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 15215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fundación is recorded at frequency rank #1,509, classified as anoun, pronounced [fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn]. fundaciones is at rank #13,706, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fũn̪d̪aˈsjones].

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 15215, this pair ranks #281,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fundación vs fundaciones

Shared letters: acdfinu. Private to "fundación": ó. Private to "fundaciones": eos.

"fundación" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "fundaciones" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fundaciones ← ffundaciones · fnudaciones · fudnaciones · funadciones · fundacciones · fundacinoes · fundacioens · fundacioness

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fundación" for "fundaciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn] versus [fũn̪d̪aˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fundación" vs "fundaciones" - which ranks higher?
"fundación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,509 in our Spanish list, against #13,706 for "fundaciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "fundación" and "fundaciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fundación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fundaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fundación" and "fundaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fundacionales vs fundaciones". 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 #281,085 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