reservaciónvsreservacionesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#40,515
“reservación” frequency rank
#39,432
“reservaciones” frequency rank
79947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reservación reservaciones
Definition Acción y efecto de reservar. Forma del plural de reservación.

Where the eye mixes reservación and reservaciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. reservación runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCVVC) against reservaciones's 13 (CVCVCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
reservación
13 ch
reservaciones

Why the eye confuses reservación with reservaciones

A purely visual mix-up. reservación ([reseɾβ̞aˈsjõn]) and reservaciones ([reseɾβ̞aˈsjones]) 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 79947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reservación is recorded at frequency rank #40,515, classified as anoun, pronounced [reseɾβ̞aˈsjõn]. reservaciones is at rank #39,432, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reseɾβ̞aˈsjones].

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 79947, this pair ranks #12,312 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reservación vs reservaciones

Shared letters: aceinrsv. Private to "reservación": ó. Private to "reservaciones": o.

"reservación" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC  ·  "reservaciones" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reservaciones ← erservaciones · recervaciones · reesrvaciones · reseravciones · reserbaciones · reserrvaciones · reservacciones · reservacinoes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reservación" for "reservaciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reseɾβ̞aˈsjõn] versus [reseɾβ̞aˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reservación" or "reservaciones" show up more?
"reservaciones" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,432 in our Spanish list, against #40,515 for "reservación". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reservación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reservaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,312 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #12,312 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