contemplación
[kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“contemplación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,000 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,000
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 13
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de contemplar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contemplación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #23,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contemplación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for contemplación is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,000 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de contemplar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for contemplación, with forms such as "ccontemplación", "cnotemplación", and "conetmplación". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is contemplación, spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de contemplar.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccontemplación,cnotemplación,conetmplación,conntemplación,contemlpación,contemmplación,contempalción,contemplacción,contemplacinó,contemplaciónn,contemplacóin,contemplaicón,contemplasión,contemplcaión,contempllación,contempplación,contepmlación,contmeplación,conttemplación,cotnemplación,ocntemplación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contemplación - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “contemplación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.