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

#8,687
“pabellón” frequency rank
#29,775
“pabellones” frequency rank
38462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pabellón pabellones
Definition Tienda para habitar, comer o dormir, originalmente de tela, sostenida por palos, después también de láminas de metal sostenida por tubos metálicos, y para cubrirse del sol o lluvia durante una comida, plática, fiesta, etc. Forma del plural de pabellón.

Where the eye mixes pabellón and pabellones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. pabellón runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against pabellones's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
pabellón
10 ch
pabellones

Look-alike desk: pabellón vs pabellones

A purely visual mix-up. pabellón ([paβ̞eˈʝõn]) and pabellones ([paβ̞eˈʝones]) 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 38462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pabellón is recorded at frequency rank #8,687, classified as anoun, pronounced [paβ̞eˈʝõn]. pabellones is at rank #29,775, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paβ̞eˈʝones].

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 38462, this pair ranks #169,870 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pabellón vs pabellones

Shared letters: abelnp. Private to "pabellón": ó. Private to "pabellones": os.

"pabellón" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "pabellones" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pabellonesapbellones · pabbellones · pabellnoes · pabelloens · pabelloness · pabellonnes · pabellonse · pabelolnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pabellón" for "pabellones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([paβ̞eˈʝõn] versus [paβ̞eˈʝones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pabellón" or "pabellones" show up more?
"pabellón" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,687 in our Spanish list, against #29,775 for "pabellones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pabellón" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pabellones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #169,870 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pabellón" and "pabellones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pabellón vs papelón". 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 #169,870 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