LemonvslesiónWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Lemon is a name, lesión is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lemon” is a name and “lesión” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,277
“Lemon” frequency rank
#5,631
“lesión” frequency rank
37908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lemon lesión
Definition Apellido. Cambio dañino en la morfología o estructura de una parte del cuerpo u organismo al sufrir detrimento a consecuencia de un golpe, una herida o una enfermedad.

Where the eye mixes Lemon and lesión

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Lemon runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against lesión's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Lemon
6 ch
lesión

Visual trap between Lemon and lesión

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Lemon is [ˈlemõn] while lesión is [leˈsjõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lemon is recorded at frequency rank #32,277, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈlemõn]. lesión is at rank #5,631, tagged as anoun, pronounced [leˈsjõn].

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 37908, this pair ranks #172,838 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Lemon vs lesión

Shared letters: eln. Private to "Lemon": mo. Private to "lesión": isó.

"Lemon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "lesión" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lemon ← elmon · lemmon · lemno · lemonn · leomn · llemon · lmeon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lemon" for "lesión" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lemon" is a name and "lesión" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Lemon" or "lesión"?
"lesión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,631 in our Spanish list, against #32,277 for "Lemon". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lemon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lesión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #172,838 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lemon" and "lesión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lemon vs leone". 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 #172,838 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