Which to use
“licitación” and “licitaciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,981
- “licitación” frequency rank
- #21,383
- “licitaciones” frequency rank
- 30364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | licitación | licitaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción y efecto de licitar. | Forma del plural de licitación. |
Where the eye mixes licitación and licitaciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. licitación runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against licitaciones's 12 (CVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: licitación vs licitaciones
A purely visual mix-up. licitación ([lisit̪aˈsjõn]) and licitaciones ([lisit̪aˈsjones]) 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 30364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
licitación is recorded at frequency rank #8,981, classified as anoun, pronounced [lisit̪aˈsjõn]. licitaciones is at rank #21,383, tagged as anoun, pronounced [lisit̪aˈsjones].
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 30364, this pair ranks #212,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of licitación vs licitaciones
Shared letters: acilnt. Private to "licitación": ó. Private to "licitaciones": eos.
"licitación" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "licitaciones" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- licitaciones ← ilcitaciones · lciitaciones · liccitaciones · liciatciones · licitacciones · licitacinoes · licitacioens · licitacioness
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "licitación" for "licitaciones" ever safe?
Which is more common, "licitación" or "licitaciones"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "licitación" and "licitaciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "licitación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "licitaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "licitación" and "licitaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "licitaciones vs limitaciones". 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 #212,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.