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

#946
“presencia” frequency rank
#38,896
“presencias” frequency rank
39842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature presencia presencias
Definition El hecho de estar o existir en un determinado lugar. Forma del plural de presencia.

Where the eye mixes presencia and presencias

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

9 ch
presencia
10 ch
presencias

Look-alike desk: presencia vs presencias

A purely visual mix-up. presencia ([pɾeˈsẽnsja]) and presencias ([pɾeˈsẽnsjas]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “presencia” sits inside “presencias”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

presencia is recorded at frequency rank #946, classified as anoun, pronounced [pɾeˈsẽnsja]. presencias is at rank #38,896, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɾeˈsẽnsjas].

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 39842, this pair ranks #162,362 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of presencia vs presencias

Shared letters: aceinprs. Private to "presencia": -. Private to "presencias": -.

"presencia" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVV  ·  "presencias" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • presenciapersencia · ppresencia · precencia · preesncia · presecnia · presencai · presenccia · presenica
  • presenciaspersencias · ppresencias · precencias · preesncias · presecnias · presencais · presenccias · presenciass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "presencia" and "presencias" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([pɾeˈsẽnsja] versus [pɾeˈsẽnsjas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "presencia" or "presencias"?
"presencia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #946 in our Spanish list, against #38,896 for "presencias". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "presencia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "presencias" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #162,362 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "presencia" and "presencias" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "presencias vs presidencias". 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 #162,362 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