academia

[akaˈð̞emja]

/[akaˈð̞emja]/ noun

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The verdict

“academia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,433
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sociedad científica, literaria o artística cuyo establecimiento tiene autoridad pública.

Corpus desk

Index ES-academia · academia · Spanish

academia · rank #2,433 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,433
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH únicamente

Nearest frequency peer: únicamente (-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 “academia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “academia” 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).

academia vs academy
75% similar
academia vs académico
67% similar
academia vs académica
78% similar

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

Key facts for academia
PropertyValue
Headwordacademia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[akaˈð̞emja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,433
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “academia”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).academiacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “únicamente” (#2,432), “activa” (#2,434), “Washington” (#2,431). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “academia” va en #2,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around academia (IPA [akaˈð̞emja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,433 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for academia, with forms such as "aacdemia", "acaddemia", and "acadeima". 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 also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "academy", "académico", "académica", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 academia, spelled A-C-A-D-E-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sociedad científica, literaria o artística cuyo establecimiento tiene autoridad pública.
  2. 2
    Lugar docente donde se da enseñanza a los alumnos que quieren prepararse para una carrera o profesión.
  3. 3
    Sociedad de hombres de letras, sabios y artistas.
  4. 4
    Ejercicio de pintura o dibujo en que se trabaja con arreglo a un modelo desnudo.
  5. 5
    En la terminología antigua se llama así al estudio de una figura entera y desnuda tomada al natural y que no forma parte de una composición.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how academia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «La academia se alteró con la intempestiva visita, y el atrevido alguacil dijo: —Vuestras mercedes no se alboroten (…)».
  2. «(…) Idolatría y perdición fue curante este sacro evangelista más volante. Los estudios de Academia de gentiles, los de Atenas y Tirenia, tan sutiles, como cosas infantiles disputante los venciste, evangelista más volante».

Synonyms

corporacióncolegio

This word in other languages

academy(English)académie(Français)Akademie(Deutsch)academia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aacdemia
  • acaddemia
  • acadeima
  • academai
  • academmia
  • acadmeia
  • acaedmia
  • accademia
  • acdaemia
  • caademia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of academia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aacdemia2acaddemia1acadeima2academai2academmia1acadmeia2acaedmia2accademia1
Edit distance from "academia"

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 "academia"?
"academia" is spelled A-C-A-D-E-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [akaˈð̞emja].
What does "academia" mean?
As a noun, "academia" means: Sociedad científica, literaria o artística cuyo establecimiento tiene autoridad pública.
What words are commonly confused with "academia"?
"academia" is commonly confused with "academy", "académico", "académica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "academia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "academia" is [akaˈð̞emja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "academia" come from?
"academia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

variedad#2,430antiguos#2,437ausencia#2,438críticas#2,443

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

siglos10 variantsinicial10 variantspintura10 variantsmolesta10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list