aviación
[aβ̞jaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“aviación” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,244
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Transporte aéreo por aviones u otro vehículo más pesado que el aire
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 | aviación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aβ̞jaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aviación” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around aviación (IPA [aβ̞jaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,244 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for aviación, with forms such as "abiación", "aivación", and "avaición". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "afición", "adición", "adicción", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is aviación, spelled A-V-I-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Transporte aéreo por aviones u otro vehículo más pesado que el aire
- 2Industria relativa a la aviación₁
- 3Fuerza armada que emplea la aviación₁ para transporte, defensa y ataque
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abiación
- aivación
- avaición
- aviacción
- aviacinó
- aviaciónn
- aviacóin
- aviaicón
- aviasión
- avicaión
- avviación
- vaiación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aviación - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “aviación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-V-I-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞jaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “afición” - see the side-by-side comparison. aviación vs afición
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.