alteración
[al̪t̪eɾaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“alteración” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,790
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de alterar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alteración |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [al̪t̪eɾaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alteración” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around alteración (IPA [al̪t̪eɾaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,790 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for alteración, with forms such as "aletración", "allteración", and "altearción". 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, "antelación", "alteraciones", "aleación", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is alteración, spelled A-L-T-E-R-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de alterar.
- 2Cambio del estado original o natural de las cosas.
- 3Estado de las personas y animales de nerviosismo o extrema atención.
- 4Alboroto o jarana.
- 5signos que modifican la entonación (o altura) de los sonidos naturales y alterados.
- 6diferencia entre los asientos de dos flotaciones.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aletración
- allteración
- altearción
- alteracción
- alteracinó
- alteraciónn
- alteracóin
- alteraicón
- alterasión
- altercaión
- alterración
- altreación
- altteración
- atleración
- lateración
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alteración - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “alteración”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-T-E-R-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [al̪t̪eɾaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “antelación” - see the side-by-side comparison. alteración vs antelación
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.