determinación

[d̪et̪eɾminaˈsjõn]

/[d̪et̪eɾminaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“determinación” has 20 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,822
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de determinar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-determinacion · determinación · Spanish

determinación · rank #5,822 · 20 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,822
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH destacan

Nearest frequency peer: destacan (-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 “determinación”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “determinación” 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).

determinación vs determinaron
77% similar
determinación vs determinaciones
80% similar

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

Key facts for determinación
PropertyValue
Headworddeterminación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪et̪eɾminaˈsjõn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#5,822
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “determinación”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.determinacióncae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “destacan” (#5,821), “Donald” (#5,823), “destacados” (#5,820). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “determinación” va en #5,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around determinación (IPA [d̪et̪eɾminaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,822 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for determinación, with forms such as "ddeterminación", "deetrminación", and "detemrinación". 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, "determinaron", "determinaciones", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is determinación, spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de determinar.
  2. 2
    Actitud del que está resuelto y convencido sobre lo que debe de hacer.

This word in other languages

determination(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddeterminación
  • deetrminación
  • detemrinación
  • deterimnación
  • determianción
  • determinacción
  • determinacinó
  • determinaciónn
  • determinacóin
  • determinaicón
  • determinasión
  • determincaión
  • determinnación
  • determminación
  • determniación
  • deterrminación
  • detreminación
  • detterminación
  • dteerminación
  • edterminación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddeterminación1deetrminación2detemrinación2deterimnación2determianción2determinacción1determinacinó2determinaciónn1
Edit distance from "determinación"

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 "determinación"?
"determinación" is spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪et̪eɾminaˈsjõn].
What does "determinación" mean?
As a noun, "determinación" means: Acción o efecto de determinar.
What words are commonly confused with "determinación"?
"determinación" is commonly confused with "determinaron", "determinaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "determinación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "determinación" is [d̪et̪eɾminaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "determinación" come from?
"determinación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

especialistas#5,830colaboradores#5,808supervivencia#5,895restricciones#5,665

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

perspectivas20 variantsprotagonistas20 variantsnorteamericano20 variantscontribución20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list