Which to use
“tripulación” and “tripulaciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,964
- “tripulación” frequency rank
- #38,432
- “tripulaciones” frequency rank
- 45396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tripulación | tripulaciones |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grupo de personas que trabajan en una tarea en común, generalmente bajo una estructura jerarquizada. Especialmente designa al personal de conducción y de servicios de una nave o aeronave. | Forma del plural de tripulación. |
Where the eye mixes tripulación and tripulaciones
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. tripulación runs 11 letters (CCVCVCVCVVC) against tripulaciones's 13 (CCVCVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tripulación with tripulaciones
A purely visual mix-up. tripulación ([t̪ɾipulaˈsjõn]) and tripulaciones ([t̪ɾipulaˈsjones]) 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 45396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tripulación is recorded at frequency rank #6,964, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾipulaˈsjõn]. tripulaciones is at rank #38,432, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪ɾipulaˈsjones].
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 45396, this pair ranks #131,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tripulación vs tripulaciones
Shared letters: acilnprtu. Private to "tripulación": ó. Private to "tripulaciones": eos.
"tripulación" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVC · "tripulaciones" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tripulaciones ← rtipulaciones · tirpulaciones · tripluaciones · trippulaciones · tripualciones · tripulacciones · tripulacinoes · tripulacioens
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tripulación" and "tripulaciones" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tripulación" or "tripulaciones"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tripulación" and "tripulaciones" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tripulación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tripulaciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tripulación" and "tripulaciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "titulaciones vs tripulaciones". 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 #131,674 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.