abstención

[aβ̞st̪ẽnˈsjõn]

/[aβ̞st̪ẽnˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“abstención” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,522
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de abstenerse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-abstencion · abstención · Spanish

abstención · rank #15,522 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,522
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aburrimiento

Nearest frequency peer: aburrimiento (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “abstención”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “abstención” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

abstención vs atención
80% similar
abstención vs abstenciones
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for abstención
PropertyValue
Headwordabstención
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aβ̞st̪ẽnˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,522
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “abstención”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).abstencióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “aburrimiento” (#15,523), “épico” (#15,520), “Ébola” (#15,519). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “abstención” va en #15,522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around abstención (IPA [aβ̞st̪ẽnˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,522 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción o efecto de abstenerse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for abstención, with forms such as "abbstención", "absetnción", and "absstención". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "atención", "abstenciones", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is abstención, spelled A-B-S-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de abstenerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbstención
  • absetnción
  • absstención
  • abstecnión
  • abstencción
  • abstencinó
  • abstenciónn
  • abstencóin
  • abstenicón
  • abstennción
  • abstensión
  • abstneción
  • absttención
  • abtsención
  • asbtención
  • avstención
  • bastención

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abstención - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abbstención1absetnción2absstención1abstecnión2abstencción1abstencinó2abstenciónn1abstencóin2
Edit distance from "abstención"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abstención"?
"abstención" is spelled A-B-S-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞st̪ẽnˈsjõn].
What does "abstención" mean?
As a noun, "abstención" means: Acción o efecto de abstenerse.
What words are commonly confused with "abstención"?
"abstención" is commonly confused with "atención", "abstenciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abstención"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstención" is [aβ̞st̪ẽnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstención" come from?
"abstención" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abstención", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

adquisitivo17 variantstranscurrido17 variantscomplicados17 variantscontratista17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list