ausencia
[awˈsẽnsja]
The verdict
“ausencia” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,438 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,438
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de ausentarse o de estar ausente.
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 | ausencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [awˈsẽnsja] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ausencia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [awˈsẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,438 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ausencia, with forms such as "asuencia", "aucencia", and "auesncia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ausencias", "agencia", "audiencia", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ausencia, spelled A-U-S-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de ausentarse o de estar ausente.
- 2La acción o efecto de no estar aquí y ahora o en el sitio o lugar especificado;
- 3La carencia o privación de algo.
- 4Lapso en que una persona pierde la conciencia.
- 5La ausencia, en cuanto a término Jurídico, se refiere a la situación jurídica frente al Derecho de aquellas personas de las que no se tiene noticia certera de su paradero, ni prueba de vida. Ante el Derecho, estas personas no están ni muertas ni vivas, mantiéndose la incertidumbre hasta prueba fidedigna de su condición.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asuencia,aucencia,auesncia,ausecnia,ausencai,ausenccia,ausenica,ausenncia,ausensia,ausnecia,aussencia,uasencia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ausencia - 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 “ausencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-U-S-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [awˈsẽnsja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ausencias” - see the side-by-side comparison. ausencia vs ausencias
- 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.