circulación
[siɾkulaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“circulación” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,989 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,989
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de circular² o moverse de un lugar a otro.
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 | circulación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siɾkulaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “circulación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for circulación is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siɾkulaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,989 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 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for circulación, with forms such as "ccirculación", "cicrulación", and "circculación". 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, "circularon", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is circulación, spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de circular² o moverse de un lugar a otro.
- 2Movimiento, motorizado o no, de los habitantes de una población a lo largo de sus vías públicas.
- 3Referido a una cosa, también si es abstracta (como una idea, un rumor, etc), pasar de un sitio a otro, o de una persona a otra.
- 4En particular, la circulación₁ de la sangre por el cuerpo.
- 5Movimiento de la moneda, bonos, títulos y todo lo que represente riqueza.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccirculación,cicrulación,circculación,circluación,circualción,circulacción,circulacinó,circulaciónn,circulacóin,circulaicón,circulcaión,circullación,cirrculación,ciruclación,criculación,icrculación,sirculasión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of circulación - 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.
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 “circulación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-R-C-U-L-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siɾkulaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “circularon” - see the side-by-side comparison. circulación vs circularon
- 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.