acepción

[asepˈsjõn]

/[asepˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“acepción” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,211
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada uno de los significados de una palabra.

Corpus desk

Index ES-acepcion · acepción · Spanish

acepción · rank #28,211 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,211
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH acompañaban

Nearest frequency peer: acompañaban (+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 “acepción”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “acepción” 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).

acepción vs atención
75% similar
acepción vs adopción
75% similar
acepción vs afección
75% similar

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

Key facts for acepción
PropertyValue
Headwordacepción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[asepˈsjõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,211
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “acepción”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).acepcióncae 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 “acompañaban” (#28,212), “Abigail” (#28,209), “activada” (#28,213). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “acepción” va en #28,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around acepción (IPA [asepˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,211 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for acepción, with forms such as "accepción", "acecpión", and "acepcción". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "atención", "adopción", "afección", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is acepción, spelled A-C-E-P-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada uno de los significados de una palabra.
  2. 2
    Aceptación.

This word in other languages

meaning(English)Bedeutung(Deutsch)sentido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accepción
  • acecpión
  • acepcción
  • acepcinó
  • acepciónn
  • acepcóin
  • acepicón
  • aceppción
  • acpeción
  • aecpción
  • asepsión
  • caepción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

accepción1acecpión2acepcción1acepcinó2acepciónn1acepcóin2acepicón2aceppción1
Edit distance from "acepción"

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 "acepción"?
"acepción" is spelled A-C-E-P-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [asepˈsjõn].
What does "acepción" mean?
As a noun, "acepción" means: Cada uno de los significados de una palabra.
What words are commonly confused with "acepción"?
"acepción" is commonly confused with "atención", "adopción", "afección". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acepción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acepción" is [asepˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acepción" come from?
"acepción" 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 "acepción", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

activada#28,213vándalos#28,202ahogando#28,222ahorcado#28,223

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

viaducto12 variantsveníamos12 variantsaplicaba12 variantsautógrafo12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list