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.
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?
Which is more common, "Lemon" or "lesión"?
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.