violenciavsviolenciasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#870
“violencia” frequency rank
#28,601
“violencias” frequency rank
29471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature violencia violencias
Definition Vehemencia en la realización de algo. Forma del plural de violencia.

Where the eye mixes violencia and violencias

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

9 ch
violencia
10 ch
violencias

Why the eye confuses violencia with violencias

A purely visual mix-up. violencia ([bjoˈlẽnsja]) and violencias ([bjoˈlẽnsjas]) 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 extra letter(s) - “violencia” sits inside “violencias”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

violencia is recorded at frequency rank #870, classified as anoun, pronounced [bjoˈlẽnsja]. violencias is at rank #28,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bjoˈlẽnsjas].

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 29471, this pair ranks #216,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of violencia vs violencias

Shared letters: aceilnov. Private to "violencia": -. Private to "violencias": s.

"violencia" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVV  ·  "violencias" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • violencia ← biolencia · ivolencia · viloencia · vioelncia · violecnia · violencai · violenccia · violenica
  • violencias ← biolencias · ivolencias · viloencias · vioelncias · violecnias · violencais · violenccias · violenciass

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "violencia" and "violencias" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bjoˈlẽnsja] versus [bjoˈlẽnsjas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "violencia" or "violencias"?
"violencia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #870 in our Spanish list, against #28,601 for "violencias". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "violencia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "violencias" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "violencia" and "violencias" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "violencias vs vivencias". 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 #216,860 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