construcción

Name: construcción, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kõnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]

/[kõnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“construcción” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #802. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#802
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de construir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-construccion · construcción · Spanish

construcción · rank #802 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-CORE #802
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH conseguir

Nearest frequency peer: conseguir (-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.

banco

99,202
conocido

99,201
conseguir

99,200
construcción

99,199
corte

99,198
cualquiera

99,197

What this shows “construcción” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

construcción vs contracción

83% similar

construcción vs construcciones

79% similar

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

Key facts for construcción
Property	Value
Headword	construcción
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kõnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#802
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “construcción”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).construccióncae aquí:

#802

#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 “conseguir” (#801), “corte” (#803), “conocido” (#800). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “construcción” va en #802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around construcción (IPA [kõnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #802 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for construcción, with forms such as "cconstrucción", "cnostrucción", and "connstrucción". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contracción", "construcciones", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is construcción, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Acción y efecto de construir.
2
Arte de construir.
3
Ordenamiento y disposición a que se han de someter las palabras, ya relacionadas por la concordancia y el régimen, para expresar con ellas todo linaje de conceptos.

This word in other languages

construction(English)construction(Français)Bau(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cconstrucción
cnostrucción
connstrucción
consrtucción
consstrucción
constrcución
constrrucción
construccinó
construcciónn
construccóin
construcicón
construción
construcsión
consttrucción
consturcción
contsrucción
cosntrucción
ocnstrucción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "construcción"

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 "construcción"?

"construcción" is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõnst̪ɾukˈsjõn].

What does "construcción" mean?

As a noun, "construcción" means: Acción y efecto de construir.

What words are commonly confused with "construcción"?

"construcción" is commonly confused with "contracción", "construcciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "construcción"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "construcción" is [kõnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "construcción" come from?

"construcción" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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