Asunción

[asũnˈsjõn]

/[asũnˈsjõn]/ name

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The verdict

“Asunción” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,255
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capital del Paraguay.

Corpus desk

Index ES-asuncion · Asunción · Spanish

Asunción · rank #7,255 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,255
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH artillería

Nearest frequency peer: artillería (-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 “Asunción”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Asunción” 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).

Asunción vs atención
63% similar
Asunción vs anuncio
50% similar
Asunción vs anuncios
50% similar

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

Key facts for Asunción
PropertyValue
HeadwordAsunción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[asũnˈsjõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,255
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Asunción”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Asuncióncae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “artillería” (#7,254), “autorizado” (#7,256), “aguante” (#7,252). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “Asunción” va en #7,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Asunción (IPA [asũnˈsjõn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,255 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Asunción, with forms such as "asnución", "assunción", and "asucnión". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "atención", "anuncio", "anuncios", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Asunción, spelled A-S-U-N-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capital del Paraguay.
  2. 2
    Nombre de pila de mujer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asnución
  • assunción
  • asucnión
  • asuncción
  • asuncinó
  • asunciónn
  • asuncóin
  • asunicón
  • asunnción
  • asunsión
  • ausnción
  • saunción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Asunción - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

asnución2assunción1asucnión2asuncción1asuncinó2asunciónn1asuncóin2asunicón2
Edit distance from "Asunción"

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 "Asunción"?
"Asunción" is spelled A-S-U-N-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [asũnˈsjõn].
What does "Asunción" mean?
As a proper noun, "Asunción" means: Capital del Paraguay.
What words are commonly confused with "Asunción"?
"Asunción" is commonly confused with "atención", "anuncio", "anuncios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Asunción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Asunción" is [asũnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Asunción" come from?
"Asunción" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Catalina#7,266Valentín#7,242tuvieran#7,239criatura#7,279

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

artillería12 variantsseguirán12 variantsrespecta12 variantsplantilla12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list