ambivalencia
[ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽnsja]
The verdict
“ambivalencia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #52,676 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,676
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Condición o cualidad de ambivalente, de aquello que permite o se presta a dos interpretaciones contrarias o sentidos opuestos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambivalencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽnsja] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ambivalencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ambivalencia is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,676 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for ambivalencia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ambivalencia, spelled A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Condición o cualidad de ambivalente, de aquello que permite o se presta a dos interpretaciones contrarias o sentidos opuestos.
- 2Coexistencia de dos emociones o tendencias opuestas, como la atracción y la repulsión, el amor y el odio, etc.
This word in other languages
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 “ambivalencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ãmbiβ̞aˈlẽnsja] (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.