confesión

/[kõɱfeˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,692

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

confesión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de confesar o de confesarse. Pronounced [kõɱfeˈsjõn]. It ranks #7,692 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with confesó and confusion.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of confesión in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for confesión is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõɱfeˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,692 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 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for confesión, with forms such as "cconfesión", "cnofesión", and "cofnesión". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "confesó", "confusion", "congestión", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is confesión, spelled C-O-N-F-E-S-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconfesión,cnofesión,cofnesión,conefsión,confeción,confeisón,confesinó,confesiónn,confessión,confesóin,conffesión,confseión,connfesión,ocnfesión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for confesión

Misspelling Variants of "confesión"

cconfesión10cnofesión9cofnesión9conefsión9confeción9confeisón9confesinó9confesiónn10
Misspelling Variants of "confesión"

Frequency rank: #7,692 in Spanish

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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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.