abrasión
[aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“abrasión” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #65,811 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,811
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acto de rozar o frotar algo con la intención de eliminar su superficie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abrasión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abrasión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for abrasión is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, 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.
abrasión has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is abrasión, spelled A-B-R-A-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acto de rozar o frotar algo con la intención de eliminar su superficie.
- 2Cualquier daño o herida superficial producida por efecto del rozamiento, fricción o acción de un producto químico corrosivo en la piel o las mucosas.
- 3Desgaste 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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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abrasión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-R-A-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞ɾaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.