destrucción

/[d̪est̪ɾukˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,175

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

destrucción is aSpanishnoun. It means: acción y efecto de destruir Pronounced [d̪est̪ɾukˈsjõn]. It ranks #3,175 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with distracción.

Key facts for destrucción
PropertyValue
Headworddestrucción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪est̪ɾukˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,175
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for destrucción is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪est̪ɾukˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,175 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for destrucción, with forms such as "ddestrucción", "desrtucción", and "desstrucción". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "distracción", 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 destrucción, spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-C-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
    acción y efecto de destruir
  2. 2
    daño muy grande, ruina, pérdida de grandes dimensiones

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddestrucción,desrtucción,desstrucción,destrcución,destrrucción,destruccinó,destrucciónn,destruccóin,destrucicón,destrución,destrucsión,desttrucción,desturcción,detsrucción,dsetrucción,edstrucción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for destrucción

Misspelling Variants of "destrucción"

ddestrucción12desrtucción11desstrucción12destrcución11destrrucción12destruccinó11destrucciónn12destruccóin11
Misspelling Variants of "destrucción"

Frequency rank: #3,175 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "destrucción"?
"destrucción" is spelled D-E-S-T-R-U-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪est̪ɾukˈsjõn].
What does "destrucción" mean?
As a noun, "destrucción" means: acción y efecto de destruir
What words are commonly confused with "destrucción"?
"destrucción" is commonly confused with "distracción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destrucción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destrucción" is [d̪est̪ɾukˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destrucción" come from?
"destrucción" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.