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

#5,129
“mejoras” frequency rank
#18,020
“mejoría” frequency rank
23149
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mejoras mejoría
Definition Forma del plural de mejora. Medra, adelantamiento y aumento de una cosa. Mejora.

Where the eye mixes mejoras and mejoría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mejoras (CVCVCVC) and mejoría (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
mejoras
7 ch
mejoría

Visual trap between mejoras and mejoría

A purely visual mix-up. mejoras ([meˈxoɾas]) and mejoría ([mexoˈɾia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mejoras is recorded at frequency rank #5,129, classified as anoun, pronounced [meˈxoɾas]. mejoría is at rank #18,020, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mexoˈɾia].

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 23149, this pair ranks #247,155 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mejoras vs mejoría

Shared letters: aejmor. Private to "mejoras": s. Private to "mejoría": í.

"mejoras" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "mejoría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mejorasemjoras · mejjoras · mejoars · mejorass · mejorras · mejorsa · mejroas · meojras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mejoras" and "mejoría" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([meˈxoɾas] versus [mexoˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mejoras" or "mejoría"?
"mejoras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,129 in our Spanish list, against #18,020 for "mejoría". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "mejoras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mejoría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,155 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mejoras" and "mejoría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mejoría vs mejoro". 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 #247,155 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