creencia

/[kɾeˈẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,485

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

creencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Algo en lo que se cree, confianza en que algo existe o que es cierto. Pronounced [kɾeˈẽnsja]. It ranks #5,485 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with creería and creencias.

Key facts for creencia
PropertyValue
Headwordcreencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɾeˈẽnsja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,485
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for creencia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾeˈẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,485 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for creencia, with forms such as "ccreencia", "cerencia", and "creecnia". 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 also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "creería", "creencias", "crecía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 creencia, spelled C-R-E-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Algo en lo que se cree, confianza en que algo existe o que es cierto.
  2. 2
    La fe y crédito que se da a alguna cosa.
  3. 3
    Religión, secta.
  4. 4
    Mensaje o embajada.
  5. 5
    Salva hablando de la comida o bebida.
  6. 6
    Ilusión que cada uno se forma acerca de las cosas superiores a nuestra limitada comprensión.
  7. 7
    Suposición, inteligencia, concepto.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccreencia,cerencia,creecnia,creencai,creenccia,creenica,creenncia,creensia,crencia,crenecia,crreencia,rceencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for creencia

Misspelling Variants of "creencia"

ccreencia9cerencia8creecnia8creencai8creenccia9creenica8creenncia9creensia8
Misspelling Variants of "creencia"

Frequency rank: #5,485 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "creencia"?
"creencia" is spelled C-R-E-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾeˈẽnsja].
What does "creencia" mean?
As a noun, "creencia" means: Algo en lo que se cree, confianza en que algo existe o que es cierto.
What words are commonly confused with "creencia"?
"creencia" is commonly confused with "creería", "creencias", "crecía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "creencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "creencia" is [kɾeˈẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "creencia" come from?
"creencia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.