congregación
[kõŋgɾeɣ̞aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“congregación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,009 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,009
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Junta para tratar de uno o más negocios.
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 | congregación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõŋgɾeɣ̞aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #11,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congregación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for congregación is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõŋgɾeɣ̞aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,009 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for congregación, with forms such as "ccongregación", "cnogregación", and "cognregación". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "congregaciones", "congelación", 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 congregación, spelled C-O-N-G-R-E-G-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Junta para tratar de uno o más negocios.
- 2Cofradía.
- 3Cuerpo o comunidad de sacerdotes seculares, dedicados al ejercicio de los ministerios eclesiásticos, bajo ciertas constituciones.
- 4En la corte romana, cualquiera de las juntas compuestas de cardenales, prelados y otras personas, para el despacho de varios asuntos.
- 5Nombre que se daba antiguamente a ciertas parcialidades.
- 6En algunas órdenes regulares, capítulo (junta religiosa).
- 7En algunas órdenes religiosas, reunión de muchos monasterios de una misma orden bajo la dirección de un superior general.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccongregación,cnogregación,cognregación,congergación,conggregación,congreagción,congregacción,congregacinó,congregaciónn,congregacóin,congregaicón,congregasión,congregcaión,congreggación,congrgeación,congrregación,conngregación,conrgegación,ocngregación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of congregación - 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 “congregación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-G-R-E-G-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõŋgɾeɣ̞aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “congregaciones” - see the side-by-side comparison. congregación vs congregaciones
- 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.