aplicación
[aplikaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“aplicación” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,131 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,131
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La acción y el efecto de untar algo sobre alguna superficie.
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 | aplicación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aplikaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aplicación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for aplicación is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aplikaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,131 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 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 aplicación, with forms such as "alpicación", "apilcación", and "aplciación". 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, "aplicaron", "aplicaciones", "aflicción", 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 aplicación, spelled A-P-L-I-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
- 1La acción y el efecto de untar algo sobre alguna superficie.
- 2La acción de emplear algo para un propósito específico.
- 3Programa de computadora que es empleado por el usuario como herramienta para realizar una tarea específica.
- 4Relación entre dos conjuntos A y B en la que a cada elemento del A le corresponde uno y solo un elemento del conjunto B, A esta relación se le llama aplicación del conjunto A en B.
- 5Poner una cosa sobre otra.
- 6Hacer uso de una cosa, poner en practica, emplear.
- 7Dedicarse a una cosa.
- 8Poner esmero a una cosa, tarea, trabajo etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alpicación,apilcación,aplciación,apliacción,aplicacción,aplicacinó,aplicaciónn,aplicacóin,aplicaicón,aplicasión,apliccación,apliccaión,apllicación,applicación,palicación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aplicación - 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 “aplicación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-P-L-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aplikaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “aplicaron” - see the side-by-side comparison. aplicación vs aplicaron
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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