declinación

[d̪eklinaˈsjõn]

/[d̪eklinaˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“declinación” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #37,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,015
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese del declive o descenso de algo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-declinacion · declinación · Spanish

declinación · rank #37,015 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,015
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH decimales

Nearest frequency peer: decimales (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “declinación”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “declinación” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

declinación vs declaración
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for declinación
PropertyValue
Headworddeclinación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eklinaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#37,015
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “declinación”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).declinacióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “decimales” (#37,014), “debimos” (#37,013), “Delaware” (#37,017). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “declinación” va en #37,015. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around declinación (IPA [d̪eklinaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,015 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for declinación, with forms such as "dcelinación", "ddeclinación", and "decclinación". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "declaración", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is declinación, spelled D-E-C-L-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dícese del declive o descenso de algo.
  2. 2
    Decadencia de alguna cosa.
  3. 3
    Acción o efecto de declinar.
  4. 4
    En los idiomas con flexión casual, serie ordenada de los casos gramaticales que presentan los sustantivos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcelinación
  • ddeclinación
  • decclinación
  • decilnación
  • declianción
  • declinacción
  • declinacinó
  • declinaciónn
  • declinacóin
  • declinaicón
  • declinasión
  • declincaión
  • declinnación
  • decllinación
  • declniación
  • delcinación
  • edclinación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of declinación - 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.

dcelinación2ddeclinación1decclinación1decilnación2declianción2declinacción1declinacinó2declinaciónn1
Edit distance from "declinación"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "declinación"?
"declinación" is spelled D-E-C-L-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eklinaˈsjõn].
What does "declinación" mean?
As a noun, "declinación" means: Dícese del declive o descenso de algo.
What words are commonly confused with "declinación"?
"declinación" is commonly confused with "declaración". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "declinación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "declinación" is [d̪eklinaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "declinación" come from?
"declinación" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "declinación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list