contaminación

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

[kõn̪t̪aminaˈsjõn]

/[kõn̪t̪aminaˈsjõn]/ noun

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

The verdict

“contaminación” has 20 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,776
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alteración de la pureza de una sustancia o medio, en especial si con efectos nocivos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-contaminacion · contaminación · Spanish

contaminación · rank #4,776 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,776
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH confirmar

Nearest frequency peer: confirmar (-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.

cocinar

95,228
colectivos

95,227
confirmar

95,226
contaminaci…

95,225
copias

95,224
Cumplido

95,223

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

Key facts for contaminación
Property	Value
Headword	contaminación
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kõn̪t̪aminaˈsjõn]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#4,776
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “contaminación”

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

#4,776

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “confirmar” (#4,775), “copias” (#4,777), “colectivos” (#4,774). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “contaminación” va en #4,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around contaminación (IPA [kõn̪t̪aminaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,776 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for contaminación, with forms such as "ccontaminación", "cnotaminación", and "conatminación". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is contaminación, spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Alteración de la pureza de una sustancia o medio, en especial si con efectos nocivos.
2
Introducir en un entorno elementos tales que perjudiquen la salud, el bienestar o la seguridad del ecosistema y los individuos que allí habitan.
3
Transmisión de una enfermedad o mal a otro individuo.
4
Influencia foránea o anómala que se ejerce sobre algo.

Synonyms

polución

This word in other languages

contamination(English)contamination(Français)Kontamination(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccontaminación
cnotaminación
conatminación
conntaminación
contaimnación
contamianción
contaminacción
contaminacinó
contaminaciónn
contaminacóin
contaminaicón
contaminasión
contamincaión
contaminnación
contamminación
contamniación
contmainación
conttaminación
cotnaminación
ocntaminación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contaminación - 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 "contaminación"

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 "contaminación"?

"contaminación" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪aminaˈsjõn].

What does "contaminación" mean?

As a noun, "contaminación" means: Alteración de la pureza de una sustancia o medio, en especial si con efectos nocivos.

What are common misspellings of "contaminación"?

Common misspellings include "ccontaminación", "cnotaminación", "conatminación", "conntaminación", "contaimnación". The correct spelling is "contaminación".

How do you pronounce "contaminación"?

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

What language does "contaminación" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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