cremación

/[kɾemaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,547

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

cremación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Práctica de deshacer un cuerpo humano muerto, quemándolo, que frecuentemente se lleva a cabo en un lugar denominado crematorio. Pronounced [kɾemaˈsjõn]. Often confused with creación.

Key facts for cremación
PropertyValue
Headwordcremación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɾemaˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#49,547
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cremación is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾemaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,547 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Práctica de deshacer un cuerpo humano muerto, quemándolo, que frecuentemente se lleva a cabo en un lugar denominado crematorio.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for cremación, with forms such as "ccremación", "cermación", and "creamción". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "creación", 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 cremación, spelled C-R-E-M-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
    Práctica de deshacer un cuerpo humano muerto, quemándolo, que frecuentemente se lleva a cabo en un lugar denominado crematorio.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccremación,cermación,creamción,cremacción,cremacinó,cremaciónn,cremacóin,cremaicón,cremasión,cremcaión,cremmación,crmeación,crremación,rcemación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cremación

Misspelling Variants of "cremación"

ccremación10cermación9creamción9cremacción10cremacinó9cremaciónn10cremacóin9cremaicón9
Misspelling Variants of "cremación"

Frequency rank: #49,547 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cremación"?
"cremación" is spelled C-R-E-M-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾemaˈsjõn].
What does "cremación" mean?
As a noun, "cremación" means: Práctica de deshacer un cuerpo humano muerto, quemándolo, que frecuentemente se lleva a cabo en un lugar denominado crematorio.
What words are commonly confused with "cremación"?
"cremación" is commonly confused with "creación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cremación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cremación" is [kɾemaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cremación" come from?
"cremación" 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.