compresión
[kõmpɾeˈsjõn]
The verdict
“compresión” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,553 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,553
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de comprimir.
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 | compresión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmpɾeˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “compresión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for compresión is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmpɾeˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,553 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for compresión, with forms such as "ccompresión", "cmopresión", and "commpresión". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "compresor", "compasión", "complexión", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is compresión, spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción de comprimir.
- 2Sinéresis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccompresión,cmopresión,commpresión,compersión,comppresión,compreción,compreisón,compresinó,compresiónn,compressión,compresóin,comprresión,comprseión,comrpesión,copmresión,ocmpresión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compresión - 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 “compresión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-M-P-R-E-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmpɾeˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “compresor” - see the side-by-side comparison. compresión vs compresor
- 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.