aspersión

[aspeɾˈsjõn]

/[aspeɾˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“aspersión” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,007 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,007
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción de asperjar o rociar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-aspersion · aspersión · Spanish

aspersión · rank #70,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,007
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH asimilan

Nearest frequency peer: asimilan (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “aspersión”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “aspersión” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aspersión
PropertyValue
Headwordaspersión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aspeɾˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,007
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “aspersión” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.aspersióncae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “asimilan” (#70,006), “arán” (#70,005), “atemorizar” (#70,009). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “aspersión” va en #70,007. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aspersión is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,007 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aspeɾˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción de asperjar o rociar.".

aspersión doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 aspersión, spelled A-S-P-E-R-S-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de asperjar o rociar.

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 "aspersión"?
"aspersión" is spelled A-S-P-E-R-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aspeɾˈsjõn].
What does "aspersión" mean?
As a noun, "aspersión" means: Acción de asperjar o rociar.
How do you pronounce "aspersión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aspersión" is [aspeɾˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aspersión" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aspersión", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list