deglución

/[d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,967

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

deglución is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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. Pronounced [d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn].

Key facts for deglución
PropertyValue
Headworddeglución
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,967
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of deglución in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for deglución is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,967 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for deglución in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is deglución, spelled D-E-G-L-U-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Resultado o efecto de tragar, ingerir o deglutir.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #79,967 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deglución"?
"deglución" is spelled D-E-G-L-U-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn].
What does "deglución" mean?
As a noun, "deglución" means: 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.
How do you pronounce "deglución"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deglución" is [d̪eɣ̞luˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deglución" come from?
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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.