descripción

[d̪eskɾipˈsjõn]

/[d̪eskɾipˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“descripción” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,160
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Explicación, de manera ordenada y detallada de las cualidades de una persona , animal u objeto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-descripcion · descripción · Spanish

descripción · rank #2,160 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,160
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH dale

Nearest frequency peer: dale (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “descripción”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “descripción” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

descripción vs description
82% similar
descripción vs descripciones
77% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for descripción
PropertyValue
Headworddescripción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eskɾipˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,160
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “descripción”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).descripcióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “dale” (#2,159), “diría” (#2,161), “Córdoba” (#2,158). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “descripción” va en #2,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around descripción (IPA [d̪eskɾipˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,160 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Explicación, de manera ordenada y detallada de las cualidades de una persona , animal u objeto.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for descripción, with forms such as "ddescripción", "decsripción", and "desccripción". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "description", "descripciones", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is descripción, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Explicación, de manera ordenada y detallada de las cualidades de una persona , animal u objeto.

This word in other languages

description(English)Beschreibung(Deutsch)descrição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddescripción
  • decsripción
  • desccripción
  • descirpción
  • descricpión
  • descripcción
  • descripcinó
  • descripciónn
  • descripcóin
  • descripicón
  • descrippción
  • descripsión
  • descrpición
  • descrripción
  • desrcipción
  • desscripción
  • dsecripción
  • edscripción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descripción - 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.

ddescripción1decsripción2desccripción1descirpción2descricpión2descripcción1descripcinó2descripciónn1
Edit distance from "descripción"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descripción"?
"descripción" is spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eskɾipˈsjõn].
What does "descripción" mean?
As a noun, "descripción" means: Explicación, de manera ordenada y detallada de las cualidades de una persona , animal u objeto.
What words are commonly confused with "descripción"?
"descripción" is commonly confused with "description", "descripciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descripción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descripción" is [d̪eskɾipˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descripción" come from?
"descripción" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "descripción", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

considerado#2,155situaciones#2,134sentimiento#2,132periodistas#2,127

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

enfermedades18 variantsdisposición18 variantsexperiencias18 variantspersonalidad18 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list