alienación

[aljenaˈsjõn]

/[aljenaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“alienación” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,324
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de alienar o alienarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alienacion · alienación · Spanish

alienación · rank #30,324 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,324
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alegran

Nearest frequency peer: alegran (-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 “alienación”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “alienación” 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).

alienación vs asignación
80% similar
alienación vs alteración
80% similar
alienación vs alineación
80% similar

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

Key facts for alienación
PropertyValue
Headwordalienación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aljenaˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,324
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alienación”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.alienacióncae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “alegran” (#30,323), “alive” (#30,325), “alegan” (#30,322). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alienación” va en #30,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around alienación (IPA [aljenaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,324 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for alienación, with forms such as "ailenación", "aleinación", and "alieanción". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "asignación", "alteración", "alineación", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is alienación, spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de alienar o alienarse.
  2. 2
    Proceso por el cual un individuo o grupo pierde autonomía al ser controlado o inducido por fuerzas ajenas a él (tales como los instrumentos de influencia ideológica en la televisión, mercado, trabajo, etc.).
  3. 3
    Estado de trastorno mental o emocional, que puede ser temporal o permanente, en el que se pierde el sentido de realidad.
  4. 4
    Sensación patológica de aislamiento social o de no tener identidad propia.

Synonyms

enajenación

This word in other languages

alienation(English)aliénation(Français)alienação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailenación
  • aleinación
  • alieanción
  • alienacción
  • alienacinó
  • alienaciónn
  • alienacóin
  • alienaicón
  • alienasión
  • aliencaión
  • aliennación
  • allienación
  • laienación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alienación - 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.

ailenación2aleinación2alieanción2alienacción1alienacinó2alienaciónn1alienacóin2alienaicón2
Edit distance from "alienación"

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 "alienación"?
"alienación" is spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aljenaˈsjõn].
What does "alienación" mean?
As a noun, "alienación" means: Acción o efecto de alienar o alienarse.
What words are commonly confused with "alienación"?
"alienación" is commonly confused with "asignación", "alteración", "alineación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alienación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alienación" is [aljenaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alienación" come from?
"alienación" 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 "alienación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apreciados#30,333adjudicado#30,312armisticio#30,337arrepiente#30,338

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

almacenan13 variantsaltercado13 variantsAntártica13 variantsadaptador13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list