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

#4,037
“redacción” frequency rank
#40,503
“redacciones” frequency rank
44540
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redacción redacciones
Definition Acción o efecto de redactar. Forma del plural de redacción.

Where the eye mixes redacción and redacciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. redacción runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against redacciones's 11 (CVCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
redacción
11 ch
redacciones

Why the eye confuses redacción with redacciones

A purely visual mix-up. redacción ([reð̞akˈsjõn]) and redacciones ([reð̞akˈsjones]) 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 44540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redacción is recorded at frequency rank #4,037, classified as anoun, pronounced [reð̞akˈsjõn]. redacciones is at rank #40,503, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reð̞akˈsjones].

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 44540, this pair ranks #136,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of redacción vs redacciones

Shared letters: acdeinr. Private to "redacción": ó. Private to "redacciones": os.

"redacción" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "redacciones" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redacciones ← erdacciones · rdeacciones · readcciones · redaccinoes · redaccioens · redaccioness · redaccionnes · redaccionse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "redacción" for "redacciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reð̞akˈsjõn] versus [reð̞akˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "redacción" or "redacciones"?
"redacción" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,037 in our Spanish list, against #40,503 for "redacciones". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "redacción" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "redacciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,495 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redacción" and "redacciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redacciones vs refacciones". 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 #136,495 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