Which to use
“irrigación” and “irritación” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,659
- “irrigación” frequency rank
- #22,071
- “irritación” frequency rank
- 49730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | irrigación | irritación |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de irrigar. | Acción y efecto de irritar o de irritarse. |
Where the eye mixes irrigación and irritación
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. irrigación and irritación follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses irrigación with irritación
A purely visual mix-up. irrigación ([iriɣ̞aˈsjõn]) and irritación ([irit̪aˈsjõn]) 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 a single letter - g in “irrigación” becomes t in “irritación”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
irrigación is recorded at frequency rank #27,659, classified as anoun, pronounced [iriɣ̞aˈsjõn]. irritación is at rank #22,071, tagged as anoun, pronounced [irit̪aˈsjõn].
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 49730, this pair ranks #107,155 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of irrigación vs irritación
Shared letters: acinró. Private to "irrigación": g. Private to "irritación": t.
"irrigación" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "irritación" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "irrigación" and "irritación" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "irrigación" vs "irritación" - 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 "irrigación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irritación" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,155 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "irrigación" and "irritación" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incitación vs irritación". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #107,155 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.