defecación
[d̪efekaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“defecación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,794 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,794
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de defecar (quitar las heces, expeler los excrementos).
Corpus desk
Index ES-defecacion · defecación · Spanish
defecación · rank #71,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,794
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH definían
Nearest frequency peer: definían (+2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “defecación”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- debutado
debutado
28,212 corpus weight
- decimoquinto
decimoquinto
28,210 corpus weight
- defecación
defecación
28,207 corpus weight
- definían
definían
28,205 corpus weight
- deforman
deforman
28,204 corpus weight
- desacredita…
desacreditada
28,201 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “defecación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defecación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪efekaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “defecación” en español
Rare enough to double-check
defecación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,794 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪efekaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de defecar (quitar las heces, expeler los excrementos).".
defecación has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is defecación, spelled D-E-F-E-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de defecar (quitar las heces, expeler los excrementos).
This word in other languages
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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