desunión
[d̪esuˈnjõn]
The verdict
“desunión” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #47,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,726
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Disolución o pérdida de la unión o cercanía existente entre dos seres o elementos que estaban juntos. Proceso y resultado de desunir o desunirse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desunión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esuˈnjõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desunión” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around desunión (IPA [d̪esuˈnjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,726 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for desunión, with forms such as "ddesunión", "desnuión", and "dessunión". 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, "defunción", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is desunión, spelled D-E-S-U-N-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Disolución o pérdida de la unión o cercanía existente entre dos seres o elementos que estaban juntos. Proceso y resultado de desunir o desunirse.
- 2Condición, carácter o situación en que las voluntades o las opiniones son diferentes u opuestas.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesunión
- desnuión
- dessunión
- desuinón
- desuninó
- desuniónn
- desunnión
- desunóin
- deusnión
- dseunión
- edsunión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desunión - 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.
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.
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Using “desunión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-U-N-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esuˈnjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “defunción” - see the side-by-side comparison. desunión vs defunción
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.