deglución
[d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn]
The verdict
“deglución” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,967 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,967
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acto de deglutir, tragar, hacer que los alimentos pasen desde la boca hacia el estómago, en tanto la epiglotis cierra y protege las vías respiratorias.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deglución |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deglución” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
deglución is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,967 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for deglución in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct Spanish form is deglución, spelled D-E-G-L-U-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acto de deglutir, tragar, hacer que los alimentos pasen desde la boca hacia el estómago, en tanto la epiglotis cierra y protege las vías respiratorias.
- 2Resultado o efecto de tragar, ingerir o deglutir.
Synonyms
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 “deglución”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-G-L-U-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.