confesión

[kõɱfeˈsjõn]

/[kõɱfeˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“confesión” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,692
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-confesion · confesión · Spanish

confesión · rank #7,692 · 14 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,692
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH concluir

Nearest frequency peer: concluir (-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 “confesión”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “confesión” 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).

confesión vs confesó
78% similar
confesión vs confusion
78% similar
confesión vs congestión
80% similar

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

Key facts for confesión
PropertyValue
Headwordconfesión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõɱfeˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,692
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “confesión”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).confesióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “concluir” (#7,691), “considerablemente” (#7,693), “concejal” (#7,690). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “confesión” va en #7,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around confesión (IPA [kõɱfeˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,692 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for confesión, with forms such as "cconfesión", "cnofesión", and "cofnesión". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "confesó", "confusion", "congestión", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is confesión, spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de confesar o de confesarse.
  2. 2
    Revelación que hace una persona sobre lo que sabe, ya sea de forma espontánea o forzada.
  3. 3
    Dícese del sacramento de la penitencia, en algunas religiones cristianas.
  4. 4
    Manifestación pública de la fe profesada.
  5. 5
    Declaración particular del inculpado o del litigante ante el juez, de manera formal.

This word in other languages

confession(English)confession(Français)Beichte(Deutsch)confissão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconfesión
  • cnofesión
  • cofnesión
  • conefsión
  • confeción
  • confeisón
  • confesinó
  • confesiónn
  • confessión
  • confesóin
  • conffesión
  • confseión
  • connfesión
  • ocnfesión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confesión - 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.

cconfesión1cnofesión2cofnesión2conefsión2confeción1confeisón2confesinó2confesiónn1
Edit distance from "confesión"

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 "confesión"?
"confesión" is spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõɱfeˈsjõn].
What does "confesión" mean?
As a noun, "confesión" means: Acción o efecto de confesar o de confesarse.
What words are commonly confused with "confesión"?
"confesión" is commonly confused with "confesó", "confusion", "congestión". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "confesión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "confesión" is [kõɱfeˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "confesión" come from?
"confesión" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comprando#7,689delicioso#7,702avanzando#7,669asegurado#7,664

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

desacuerdo14 variantsdormitorio14 variantsFlorencia14 variantsabundante14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list