abrasión

/[aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,811

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

abrasión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acto de rozar o frotar algo con la intención de eliminar su superficie. Pronounced [aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn].

Key facts for abrasión
PropertyValue
Headwordabrasión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abrasión in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for abrasión is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,811 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for abrasión in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is abrasión, spelled A-B-R-A-S-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acto de rozar o frotar algo con la intención de eliminar su superficie.
  2. 2
    Cualquier daño o herida superficial producida por efecto del rozamiento, fricción o acción de un producto químico corrosivo en la piel o las mucosas.
  3. 3
    Desgaste que se produce en la superficie de una roca a causa de la fricción de un agente erosivo, como la arena, el viento, las olas del mar o el hielo.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #65,811 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abrasión"?
"abrasión" is spelled A-B-R-A-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn].
What does "abrasión" mean?
As a noun, "abrasión" means: Acto de rozar o frotar algo con la intención de eliminar su superficie.
How do you pronounce "abrasión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrasión" is [aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abrasión" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.