Which to use
“porción” and “porciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,613
- “porción” frequency rank
- #13,983
- “porciones” frequency rank
- 21596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | porción | porciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cantidad separada de otra mayor | Forma del plural de porción. |
Where the eye mixes porción and porciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. porción runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against porciones's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: porción vs porciones
A purely visual mix-up. porción ([poɾˈsjõn]) and porciones ([poɾˈsjones]) 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 21596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
porción is recorded at frequency rank #7,613, classified as anoun, pronounced [poɾˈsjõn]. porciones is at rank #13,983, tagged as anoun, pronounced [poɾˈsjones].
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 21596, this pair ranks #254,211 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of porción vs porciones
Shared letters: cinopr. Private to "porción": ó. Private to "porciones": es.
"porción" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "porciones" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- porciones ← oprciones · pocriones · porcciones · porcinoes · porcioens · porcioness · porcionnes · porcionse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "porción" for "porciones" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "porción" or "porciones" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "porción" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "porciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,211 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "porción" and "porciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pociones vs porciones". 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 #254,211 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.