autorización

[awt̪oɾisaˈsjõn]

/[awt̪oɾisaˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“autorización” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,302
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-autorizacion · autorización · Spanish

autorización · rank #3,302 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,302
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH arroz

Nearest frequency peer: arroz (-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 “autorización”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “autorización” 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).

autorización vs autorizaciones
79% similar

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

Key facts for autorización
PropertyValue
Headwordautorización
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[awt̪oɾisaˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,302
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “autorización”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).autorizacióncae 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 “arroz” (#3,301), “avenida” (#3,303), “aparición” (#3,300). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “autorización” va en #3,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around autorización (IPA [awt̪oɾisaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,302 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for autorización, with forms such as "atuorización", "auotrización", and "autoirzación". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "autorizaciones", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is autorización, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-Z-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de autorizar.
  2. 2
    Permiso o poder otorgado por una autoridad (autorización administrativa).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «Pruébase con el documento número dos, en donde están probadas las astucias y cavilaciones de los mismos acusadores actuadas por mi antecesor, el teniente coronel don Juan Fernández de Bobadilla, en que está inclusa una certificación del Gobernador […], y aunque dicho documento se halla sin la autorización correspondiente, están los originales en el Supre…

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atuorización
  • auotrización
  • autoirzación
  • autoriazción
  • autorizacción
  • autorizacinó
  • autorizaciónn
  • autorizacóin
  • autorizaicón
  • autorizasión
  • autorizcaión
  • autorizzación
  • autorrización
  • autorziación
  • autroización
  • auttorización
  • uatorización

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of autorización - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atuorización2auotrización2autoirzación2autoriazción2autorizacción1autorizacinó2autorizaciónn1autorizacóin2
Edit distance from "autorización"

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 "autorización"?
"autorización" is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-Z-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [awt̪oɾisaˈsjõn].
What does "autorización" mean?
As a noun, "autorización" means: Acción o efecto de autorizar.
What words are commonly confused with "autorización"?
"autorización" is commonly confused with "autorizaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "autorización"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autorización" is [awt̪oɾisaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autorización" come from?
"autorización" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list