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“licitaciones” and “limitaciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,383
“licitaciones” frequency rank
#6,079
“limitaciones” frequency rank
27462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature licitaciones limitaciones
Definition Forma del plural de licitación. Forma del plural de limitación.

Where the eye mixes licitaciones and limitaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. licitaciones and limitaciones follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
licitaciones
12 ch
limitaciones

Visual trap between licitaciones and limitaciones

A purely visual mix-up. licitaciones ([lisit̪aˈsjones]) and limitaciones ([limit̪aˈsjones]) 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 - c in “licitaciones” becomes m in “limitaciones”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

licitaciones is recorded at frequency rank #21,383, classified as anoun, pronounced [lisit̪aˈsjones]. limitaciones is at rank #6,079, tagged as anoun, pronounced [limit̪aˈsjones].

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 27462, this pair ranks #226,713 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of licitaciones vs limitaciones

Shared letters: aceilnost. Private to "licitaciones": -. Private to "limitaciones": m.

"licitaciones" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCVC  ·  "limitaciones" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • licitaciones ← ilcitaciones · lciitaciones · liccitaciones · liciatciones · licitacciones · licitacinoes · licitacioens · licitacioness
  • limitaciones ← ilmitaciones · liimtaciones · limiatciones · limitacciones · limitacinoes · limitacioens · limitacioness · limitacionnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "licitaciones" and "limitaciones" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([lisit̪aˈsjones] versus [limit̪aˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "licitaciones" or "limitaciones"?
"limitaciones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,079 in our Spanish list, against #21,383 for "licitaciones". 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 "licitaciones" and "limitaciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "licitaciones" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "limitaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #226,713 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "licitaciones" and "limitaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "licitación vs licitaciones". 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 #226,713 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