acotación

[akot̪aˈsjõn]

/[akot̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“acotación” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #58,958 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#58,958
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La acción y efecto de acotar.

Key facts for acotación
PropertyValue
Headwordacotación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[akot̪aˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “acotación” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). acotación lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for acotación is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [akot̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,958 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.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for acotación, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is acotación, spelled A-C-O-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    La acción y efecto de acotar.
  2. 2
    Señal o apuntamiento que se pone al margen de algún escrito.
  3. 3
    Las anotaciones que hay en el drama como mutaciones, tramoyas y todo género de decoraciones.

Synonyms

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 "acotación"?
"acotación" is spelled A-C-O-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [akot̪aˈsjõn].
What does "acotación" mean?
As a noun, "acotación" means: La acción y efecto de acotar.
How do you pronounce "acotación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acotación" is [akot̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acotación" come from?
"acotación" 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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Using “acotación”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-C-O-T-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [akot̪aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list