atención

/[at̪ẽnˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#454

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

atención is aSpanishnoun. It means: El acto o la facultad de dirigir la mente a algo. Pronounced [at̪ẽnˈsjõn]. It ranks #454 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Atenco and atendió.

Key facts for atención
PropertyValue
Headwordatención
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[at̪ẽnˈsjõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#454
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of atención in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for atención is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [at̪ẽnˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #454 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for atención, with forms such as "aetnción", "atecnión", and "atencción". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Atenco", "atendió", "atenciones", 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 atención, spelled A-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    El acto o la facultad de dirigir la mente a algo.
  2. 2
    La acción de concentrar la mente en un objeto o pensamiento.
  3. 3
    Cuidado o consideración.
  4. 4
    Civilidad y cortesía.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aetnción,atecnión,atencción,atencinó,atenciónn,atencóin,atenicón,atennción,atensión,atneción,attención,taención

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atención

Misspelling Variants of "atención"

aetnción8atecnión8atencción9atencinó8atenciónn9atencóin8atenicón8atennción9
Misspelling Variants of "atención"

Frequency rank: #454 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atención"?
"atención" is spelled A-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [at̪ẽnˈsjõn].
What does "atención" mean?
As a noun, "atención" means: El acto o la facultad de dirigir la mente a algo.
What words are commonly confused with "atención"?
"atención" is commonly confused with "Atenco", "atendió", "atenciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atención"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atención" is [at̪ẽnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atención" come from?
"atención" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.