advocación

/[að̞β̞okaˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“advocación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #42,780 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#42,780
frequency rank, Spanish
10
letters
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Patrocinio o tutela de un santo o la Virgen a un lugar religioso (capilla, altar, comunidad, etc.) que le es consagrado y que toma su nombre.

Key facts for advocación
PropertyValue
Headwordadvocación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[að̞β̞okaˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,780
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “advocación” 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). advocación lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for advocación is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞β̞okaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,780 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 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for advocación, with forms such as "adbocación", "addvocación", and "adovcación". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "adoración", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 advocación, spelled A-D-V-O-C-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Patrocinio o tutela de un santo o la Virgen a un lugar religioso (capilla, altar, comunidad, etc.) que le es consagrado y que toma su nombre.
  2. 2
    Nombre que se da a las figuras religiosas y a las fechas en que se veneran.
  3. 3
    Denominación complementaria de la Virgen o un santo, de acuerdo con los misterios, atributos, virtudes propias, o lugares en que se halló una imagen, u otra relación como el lugar de un milagro, etc.
  4. 4
    Profesión de abogado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adbocación,addvocación,adovcación,advcoación,advoacción,advocacción,advocacinó,advocaciónn,advocacóin,advocaicón,advocasión,advoccación,advoccaión,advvocación,avdocación,davocación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "advocación"

adbocación1addvocación1adovcación2advcoación2advoacción2advocacción1advocacinó2advocaciónn1
Edit distance from "advocación"

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "advocación"?
"advocación" is spelled A-D-V-O-C-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞β̞okaˈsjõn].
What does "advocación" mean?
As a noun, "advocación" means: Patrocinio o tutela de un santo o la Virgen a un lugar religioso (capilla, altar, comunidad, etc.) que le es consagrado y que toma su nombre.
What words are commonly confused with "advocación"?
"advocación" is commonly confused with "adoración". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "advocación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "advocación" is [að̞β̞okaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "advocación" come from?
"advocación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “advocación”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-V-O-C-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [að̞β̞okaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “adoración” - see the side-by-side comparison. advocación vs adoración
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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.

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

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