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

#32,890
“succión” frequency rank
#21,505
“sujeción” frequency rank
54395
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature succión sujeción
Definition Acción o efecto de chupar, succionar Acción de sujetar o sujetarse.

Where the eye mixes succión and sujeción

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. succión runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against sujeción's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
succión
8 ch
sujeción

Visual trap between succión and sujeción

A purely visual mix-up. succión ([sukˈsjõn]) and sujeción ([suxeˈsjõn]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

succión is recorded at frequency rank #32,890, classified as anoun, pronounced [sukˈsjõn]. sujeción is at rank #21,505, tagged as anoun, pronounced [suxeˈsjõn].

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 54395, this pair ranks #83,507 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of succión vs sujeción

Shared letters: cinsuó. Private to "succión": -. Private to "sujeción": ej.

"succión" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "sujeción" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "succión" and "sujeción" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([sukˈsjõn] versus [suxeˈsjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "succión" or "sujeción" show up more?
"sujeción" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,505 in our Spanish list, against #32,890 for "succión". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "succión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sujeción" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,507 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "succión" and "sujeción" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seducción vs succión". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #83,507 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