constricción
[kõnst̪ɾikˈsjõn]
The verdict
“constricción” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,996 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,996
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de constreñir (obligar, limitar, oprimir).
Corpus desk
Index ES-constriccion · constricción · Spanish
constricción · rank #78,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,996
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH consoló
Nearest frequency peer: consoló (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “constricción”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- conservaría
conservaría
21,009 corpus weight
- consolidánd…
consolidándose
21,007 corpus weight
- consoló
consoló
21,006 corpus weight
- constricción
constricción
21,005 corpus weight
- consultivos
consultivos
21,003 corpus weight
- consumidoras
consumidoras
21,002 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “constricción” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | constricción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõnst̪ɾikˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #78,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “constricción” en español
Rare enough to double-check
constricción is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,996 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõnst̪ɾikˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for constricción in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is constricción, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-I-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de constreñir (obligar, limitar, oprimir).
- 2Condición de estrechez, limitación o presión.
This word in other languages
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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