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“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.

11 ch
tripulación
13 ch
tripulaciones

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?
No. They are said differently ([t̪ɾipulaˈsjõn] versus [t̪ɾipulaˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tripulación" or "tripulaciones"?
"tripulación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,964 in our Spanish list, against #38,432 for "tripulaciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list