posicionavsposicionesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: posiciona is a verb, posiciones is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“posiciona” is a verb and “posiciones” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,778
“posiciona” frequency rank
#3,007
“posiciones” frequency rank
36785
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature posiciona posiciones
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de posicionar o de posicionarse. Forma del plural de posición.

Where the eye mixes posiciona and posiciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. posiciona runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against posiciones's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
posiciona
10 ch
posiciones

Why the eye confuses posiciona with posiciones

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: posiciona is [posiˈsjona] while posiciones is [posiˈsjones]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

posiciona is recorded at frequency rank #33,778, classified as averb, pronounced [posiˈsjona]. posiciones is at rank #3,007, tagged as anoun, pronounced [posiˈsjones].

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 36785, this pair ranks #178,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of posiciona vs posiciones

Shared letters: cinops. Private to "posiciona": a. Private to "posiciones": e.

"posiciona" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV  ·  "posiciones" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • posiciona ← opsiciona · pociciona · poisciona · posciiona · posicciona · posicinoa · posicioan · posicionna
  • posiciones ← opsiciones · pociciones · poisciones · posciiones · posicciones · posicinoes · posicioens · posicioness

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "posiciona" for "posiciones" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "posiciona" is a verb and "posiciones" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "posiciona" or "posiciones"?
"posiciones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,007 in our Spanish list, against #33,778 for "posiciona". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "posiciona" and "posiciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "posiciona" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "posiciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #178,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "posiciona" and "posiciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "posiciona vs position". 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 #178,789 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