-ción
[ˈsjõn]
The verdict
“-ción” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma sustantivos a partir de verbos con el significado de "acción" y "efecto".
Corpus desk
Index ES-cion · -ción · Spanish
-ción · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “-ción” en español
Rare enough to double-check
-ción is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for -ción in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is -ción, spelled --C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Forma sustantivos a partir de verbos con el significado de "acción" y "efecto".
- 2Indica lugar, objeto y otras circunstancias.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -ción appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
cantar → canción.
mover → moción.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.