abstinencia

/[aβ̞st̪iˈnẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,907

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

abstinencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y efecto de abstenerse Pronounced [aβ̞st̪iˈnẽnsja].

Key facts for abstinencia
PropertyValue
Headwordabstinencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aβ̞st̪iˈnẽnsja]
Letters11
Frequency rank#19,907
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for abstinencia is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞st̪iˈnẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,907 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for abstinencia, with forms such as "abbstinencia", "absitnencia", and "absstinencia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 abstinencia, spelled A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de abstenerse
  2. 2
    En particular, acción y efecto de abstenerse de la satisfacción de los apetitos corporales, como el hambre y el deseo sexual, especialmente con motivos religiosos
  3. 3
    Hábito de una tal abstención
  4. 4
    Estado anómalo que presenta el organismo ante la falta repentina de una sustancia que provoca dependencia

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbstinencia,absitnencia,absstinencia,abstienncia,abstinecnia,abstinencai,abstinenccia,abstinenica,abstinenncia,abstinensia,abstinnecia,abstinnencia,abstniencia,absttinencia,abtsinencia,asbtinencia,avstinencia,bastinencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abstinencia

Misspelling Variants of "abstinencia"

abbstinencia12absitnencia11absstinencia12abstienncia11abstinecnia11abstinencai11abstinenccia12abstinenica11
Misspelling Variants of "abstinencia"

Frequency rank: #19,907 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abstinencia"?
"abstinencia" is spelled A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞st̪iˈnẽnsja].
What does "abstinencia" mean?
As a noun, "abstinencia" means: Acción y efecto de abstenerse
What are common misspellings of "abstinencia"?
Common misspellings include "abbstinencia", "absitnencia", "absstinencia", "abstienncia", "abstinecnia". The correct spelling is "abstinencia".
How do you pronounce "abstinencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstinencia" is [aβ̞st̪iˈnẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstinencia" come from?
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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.