depresión

/[d̪epɾeˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,772

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

depresión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Síndrome o conjunto de síntomas que incluyen baja autoestima, desesperanza, apatía, desinterés de las cosas y de los demás, dolores corporales, etc. Pronounced [d̪epɾeˈsjõn]. It ranks #3,772 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with depresivo and depresiva.

Key facts for depresión
PropertyValue
Headworddepresión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪epɾeˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,772
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for depresión is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪epɾeˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,772 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for depresión, with forms such as "ddepresión", "depersión", and "deppresión". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "depresivo", "depresiva", "depresivos", and more, 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 depresión, spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-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
    Síndrome o conjunto de síntomas que incluyen baja autoestima, desesperanza, apatía, desinterés de las cosas y de los demás, dolores corporales, etc.
  2. 2
    Concavidad o extensión de terreno de menor altitud que el que la rodea.
  3. 3
    Periodo continuado de recesión.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddepresión,depersión,deppresión,depreción,depreisón,depresinó,depresiónn,depressión,depresóin,deprresión,deprseión,derpesión,dperesión,edpresión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for depresión

Misspelling Variants of "depresión"

ddepresión10depersión9deppresión10depreción9depreisón9depresinó9depresiónn10depressión10
Misspelling Variants of "depresión"

Frequency rank: #3,772 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "depresión"?
"depresión" is spelled D-E-P-R-E-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪epɾeˈsjõn].
What does "depresión" mean?
As a noun, "depresión" means: Síndrome o conjunto de síntomas que incluyen baja autoestima, desesperanza, apatía, desinterés de las cosas y de los demás, dolores corporales, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "depresión"?
"depresión" is commonly confused with "depresivo", "depresiva", "depresivos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "depresión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "depresión" is [d̪epɾeˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "depresión" come from?
"depresión" 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.