description

//dɪˈskɹɪp.ʃən// noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,024

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

description is aSpanishnoun. It means: Descripción. Pronounced /dɪˈskɹɪp.ʃən/. Often confused with descriptiva and descriptivo.

Key facts for description
PropertyValue
Headworddescription
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɪˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,024
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for description is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɪˈskɹɪp.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,024 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Descripción.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for description, with forms such as "ddescription", "decsription", and "desccription". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "descriptiva", "descriptivo", "descripción", 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 description, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Descripción.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescription,decsription,desccription,descirption,descripiton,descripption,descriptino,descriptionn,descriptoin,descripttion,descritpion,descrpition,descrription,desrciption,desscription,dsecription,edscription

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for description

Misspelling Variants of "description"

ddescription12decsription11desccription12descirption11descripiton11descripption12descriptino11descriptionn12
Misspelling Variants of "description"

Frequency rank: #30,024 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "description"?
"description" is spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪˈskɹɪp.ʃən/.
What does "description" mean?
As a noun, "description" means: Descripción.
What words are commonly confused with "description"?
"description" is commonly confused with "descriptiva", "descriptivo", "descripción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "description"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "description" is /dɪˈskɹɪp.ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "description" come from?
"description" 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.