degradación
[d̪eɣ̞ɾað̞aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“degradación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,946 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,946
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de degradar o degradarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | degradación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eɣ̞ɾað̞aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #11,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “degradación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for degradación is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eɣ̞ɾað̞aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,946 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de degradar o degradarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for degradación, with forms such as "ddegradación", "degardación", and "deggradación". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is degradación, spelled D-E-G-R-A-D-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de degradar o degradarse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddegradación,degardación,deggradación,degraadción,degradacción,degradacinó,degradaciónn,degradacóin,degradaicón,degradasión,degradcaión,degraddación,degrdaación,degrradación,dergadación,dgeradación,edgradación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of degradación - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “degradación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-G-R-A-D-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪eɣ̞ɾað̞aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.