ausencia

[awˈsẽnsja]

/[awˈsẽnsja]/ noun

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The verdict

“ausencia” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,438
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de ausentarse o de estar ausente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ausencia · ausencia · Spanish

ausencia · rank #2,438 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,438
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH antiguos

Nearest frequency peer: antiguos (-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 “ausencia”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ausencia” 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).

ausencia vs ausencias
89% similar
ausencia vs agencia
75% similar
ausencia vs audiencia
78% similar

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

Key facts for ausencia
PropertyValue
Headwordausencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[awˈsẽnsja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,438
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ausencia”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.ausenciacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “antiguos” (#2,437), “Bogotá” (#2,439), “agente” (#2,436). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “ausencia” va en #2,438. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ausencia (IPA [awˈsẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,438 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de ausentarse o de estar ausente.
  2. 2
    La acción o efecto de no estar aquí y ahora o en el sitio o lugar especificado;
  3. 3
    La carencia o privación de algo.
  4. 4
    Lapso en que una persona pierde la conciencia.
  5. 5
    La 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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ausencia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bien les pareció, a los que escuchado habían, la canción de Grisóstomo, puesto que el que la leyó dijo que no le parecía que conformaba con la relación que él había oído del recato y bondad de Marcela, porque en ella se quejaba Grisóstomo de celos, sospechas y de ausencia, todo en perjuicio del buen crédito y buena fama de Marcela.?

This word in other languages

absence(English)absence(Français)

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.

asuencia2aucencia1auesncia2ausecnia2ausencai2ausenccia1ausenica2ausenncia1
Edit distance from "ausencia"

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 "ausencia"?
"ausencia" is spelled A-U-S-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [awˈsẽnsja].
What does "ausencia" mean?
As a noun, "ausencia" means: Acción o efecto de ausentarse o de estar ausente.
What words are commonly confused with "ausencia"?
"ausencia" is commonly confused with "ausencias", "agencia", "audiencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ausencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausencia" is [awˈsẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausencia" come from?
"ausencia" 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 "ausencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

antiguos#2,437academia#2,433críticas#2,443enemigos#2,446

Similar misspelling depth

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

variedad12 variantsincluyen12 variantsreserva12 variantsregresar12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list