dedicación
[d̪eð̞ikaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“dedicación” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,100
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de dedicar.
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 | dedicación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eð̞ikaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dedicación” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around dedicación (IPA [d̪eð̞ikaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,100 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dedicación, with forms such as "ddedicación", "ddeicación", and "dedciación". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dedicaron", "deducción", "derivación", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is dedicación, spelled D-E-D-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de dedicar.
- 2Celebridad del día en que se hace memoria de haberse consagrado o dedicado un templo, un altar, etc.
- 3Inscripción de la dedicación de un templo o edificio, grabada en una piedra que se coloca en la pared o fachada del mismo para conservar la memoria del que lo erigió y de su destino.
- 4Por extensión, mística de trabajo y vivo deseo de hacer las cosas.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddedicación
- ddeicación
- dedciación
- deddicación
- dediacción
- dedicacción
- dedicacinó
- dedicaciónn
- dedicacóin
- dedicaicón
- dedicasión
- dediccación
- dediccaión
- deidcación
- eddicación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dedicación - 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 “dedicación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-D-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪eð̞ikaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dedicaron” - see the side-by-side comparison. dedicación vs dedicaron
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.