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

#2,189
“traducción” frequency rank
#7,798
“traducciones” frequency rank
9987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature traducción traducciones
Definition Acción o efecto de traducir Forma del plural de traducción.

Where the eye mixes traducción and traducciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. traducción runs 10 letters (CCVCVCCVVC) against traducciones's 12 (CCVCVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
traducción
12 ch
traducciones

Why the eye confuses traducción with traducciones

A purely visual mix-up. traducción ([t̪ɾað̞ukˈsjõn]) and traducciones ([t̪ɾað̞ukˈsjones]) 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 9987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

traducción is recorded at frequency rank #2,189, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾað̞ukˈsjõn]. traducciones is at rank #7,798, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾað̞ukˈsjones].

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 9987, this pair ranks #300,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of traducción vs traducciones

Shared letters: acdinrtu. Private to "traducción": ó. Private to "traducciones": eos.

"traducción" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVC  ·  "traducciones" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • traducciones ← rtaducciones · tarducciones · tradcuciones · tradducciones · traduccinoes · traduccioens · traduccioness · traduccionnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "traducción" for "traducciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾað̞ukˈsjõn] versus [t̪ɾað̞ukˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "traducción" vs "traducciones" - which ranks higher?
"traducción" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,189 in our Spanish list, against #7,798 for "traducciones". 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 "traducción" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traducciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #300,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "traducción" and "traducciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tradiciones vs traducciones". 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 #300,185 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