convección
[kõmbekˈsjõn]
The verdict
“convección” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,445 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,445
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma de transferencia del calor en un fluido mediante el movimiento interno de masas del propio fluido que tienen distinta densidad; la transferencia de calor se produce porque las masas están a d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | convección |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmbekˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “convección” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for convección is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõmbekˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,445 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma de transferencia del calor en un fluido mediante el movimiento interno de masas del propio fluido que tienen distinta densidad; la transferencia de calor se produce porque las masas están a d...".
Zero misspellings are on record for convección in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 convección, spelled C-O-N-V-E-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Forma de transferencia del calor en un fluido mediante el movimiento interno de masas del propio fluido que tienen distinta densidad; la transferencia de calor se produce porque las masas están a distinta temperatura: los radiadores de agua transmiten calor por convección. .
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 “convección”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-V-E-C-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõmbekˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.