declinación
[d̪eklinaˈsjõn]
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
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dícese del declive o descenso de algo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | declinación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eklinaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “declinación” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around declinación (IPA [d̪eklinaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,015 among 90,663 “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
- 1Dícese del declive o descenso de algo.
- 2Decadencia de alguna cosa.
- 3Acción o efecto de declinar.
- 4En 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.
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 “declinación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-C-L-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪eklinaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “declaración” - see the side-by-side comparison. declinación vs declaración
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.