desviación

/[d̪esβ̞jaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,406

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

desviación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de desviar. Pronounced [d̪esβ̞jaˈsjõn]. Often confused with desviaciones and desolación.

Key facts for desviación
PropertyValue
Headworddesviación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪esβ̞jaˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,406
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desviación is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esβ̞jaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,406 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for desviación, with forms such as "ddesviación", "desbiación", and "desivación". 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, "desviaciones", "desolación", "destilación", 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 desviación, spelled D-E-S-V-I-A-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 o efecto de desviar.
  2. 2
    Dícese del cambio de la posición natural de los órganos.
  3. 3
    Cambio de trayecto.
  4. 4
    Tendencia de alguien que se aparta de lo considerado normal.
  5. 5
    Diferencia entre un valor observado y su respectivo valor esperado.
  6. 6
    Ángulo entre el geoide y el esferoide de la Tierra, o el ángulo entre la vertical y la normal de la esferoide.
  7. 7
    Movimiento, generalmente de sacrificio, que fuerza a una pieza enemiga a dejar de defender una pieza o una casilla de mayor importancia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesviación,desbiación,desivación,dessviación,desvaición,desviacción,desviacinó,desviaciónn,desviacóin,desviaicón,desviasión,desvicaión,desvviación,devsiación,dseviación,edsviación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desviación

Misspelling Variants of "desviación"

ddesviación11desbiación10desivación10dessviación11desvaición10desviacción11desviacinó10desviaciónn11
Misspelling Variants of "desviación"

Frequency rank: #17,406 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desviación"?
"desviación" is spelled D-E-S-V-I-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esβ̞jaˈsjõn].
What does "desviación" mean?
As a noun, "desviación" means: Acción o efecto de desviar.
What words are commonly confused with "desviación"?
"desviación" is commonly confused with "desviaciones", "desolación", "destilación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desviación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desviación" is [d̪esβ̞jaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desviación" come from?
"desviación" 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.