contemplación

/[kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,000

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

contemplación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de contemplar. Pronounced [kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn].

Key facts for contemplación
PropertyValue
Headwordcontemplación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#23,000
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contemplación in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contemplación is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for contemplación, with forms such as "ccontemplación", "cnotemplación", and "conetmplación". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is contemplación, spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contemplación

Misspelling Variants of "contemplación"

ccontemplación14cnotemplación13conetmplación13conntemplación14contemlpación13contemmplación14contempalción13contemplacción14
Misspelling Variants of "contemplación"

Frequency rank: #23,000 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contemplación"?
"contemplación" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn].
What does "contemplación" mean?
As a noun, "contemplación" means: Acción o efecto de contemplar.
What are common misspellings of "contemplación"?
Common misspellings include "ccontemplación", "cnotemplación", "conetmplación", "conntemplación", "contemlpación". The correct spelling is "contemplación".
How do you pronounce "contemplación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contemplación" is [kõn̪t̪ẽmplaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contemplación" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.