afectación

/[afekt̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,247

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

afectación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y efecto de afectar. Pronounced [afekt̪aˈsjõn]. Often confused with afectaron and afectaciones.

Key facts for afectación
PropertyValue
Headwordafectación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[afekt̪aˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#20,247
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for afectación is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [afekt̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,247 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 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for afectación, with forms such as "aefctación", "afcetación", and "afecatción". 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, "afectaron", "afectaciones", "afección", and more, 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 afectación, spelled A-F-E-C-T-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
    Acción y efecto de afectar.
  2. 2
    Fingimiento, exterioridad ridícula y poco natural, estudio o presunción en las maneras o modales, acciones, etc.
  3. 3
    Ostentación de cualidades que no se poseen.
  4. 4
    Altivez, presunción, hinchazón, petulancia, orgullo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aefctación,afcetación,afecatción,afecctación,afectacción,afectacinó,afectaciónn,afectacóin,afectaicón,afectasión,afectcaión,afecttación,afetcación,affectación,faectación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for afectación

Misspelling Variants of "afectación"

aefctación10afcetación10afecatción10afecctación11afectacción11afectacinó10afectaciónn11afectacóin10
Misspelling Variants of "afectación"

Frequency rank: #20,247 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afectación"?
"afectación" is spelled A-F-E-C-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [afekt̪aˈsjõn].
What does "afectación" mean?
As a noun, "afectación" means: Acción y efecto de afectar.
What words are commonly confused with "afectación"?
"afectación" is commonly confused with "afectaron", "afectaciones", "afección". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "afectación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afectación" is [afekt̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afectación" come from?
"afectación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.