Which to use
“lesión” is a noun and “lesiona” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,631
- “lesión” frequency rank
- #45,411
- “lesiona” frequency rank
- 51042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lesión | lesiona |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de lesionar o de lesionarse. |
Where the eye mixes lesión and lesiona
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lesión runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against lesiona's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lesión vs lesiona
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lesión is [leˈsjõn] while lesiona is [leˈsjona]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lesión is recorded at frequency rank #5,631, classified as anoun, pronounced [leˈsjõn]. lesiona is at rank #45,411, tagged as averb, pronounced [leˈsjona].
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 51042, this pair ranks #99,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lesión vs lesiona
Shared letters: eilns. Private to "lesión": ó. Private to "lesiona": ao.
"lesión" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "lesiona" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lesiona ← elsiona · leciona · leisona · lesinoa · lesioan · lesionna · lesoina · lessiona
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lesión" for "lesiona" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "lesión" or "lesiona" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lesión" and "lesiona" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lesión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lesiona" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lesión" and "lesiona" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lesiona vs lesionada". 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 #99,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.