dependencia

/[d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,500

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

dependencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Dícese del hecho de depender de algo o de alguien. Pronounced [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]. It ranks #4,500 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dependencias and descendencia.

Key facts for dependencia
PropertyValue
Headworddependencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,500
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dependencia is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,500 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for dependencia, with forms such as "ddependencia", "deepndencia", and "depednencia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dependencias", "descendencia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 dependencia, spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dícese del hecho de depender de algo o de alguien.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de los dependientes en un comercio.
  3. 3
    Oficina privada o pública que depende de otra de mayor entidad.
  4. 4
    Relación de parentesco o de amistad.
  5. 5
    Negocio, encargo, agencia.
  6. 6
    Acción o efecto de depender
  7. 7
    Dícese de la condición del organismo cuando se acostumbra o funciona sólo bajo influencia de alcaloides.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddependencia,deepndencia,depednencia,dependdencia,dependecnia,dependencai,dependenccia,dependenica,dependenncia,dependensia,dependnecia,depenedncia,depenndencia,depnedencia,deppendencia,dpeendencia,edpendencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dependencia

Misspelling Variants of "dependencia"

ddependencia12deepndencia11depednencia11dependdencia12dependecnia11dependencai11dependenccia12dependenica11
Misspelling Variants of "dependencia"

Frequency rank: #4,500 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dependencia"?
"dependencia" is spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja].
What does "dependencia" mean?
As a noun, "dependencia" means: Dícese del hecho de depender de algo o de alguien.
What words are commonly confused with "dependencia"?
"dependencia" is commonly confused with "dependencias", "descendencia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dependencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dependencia" is [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dependencia" come from?
"dependencia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.