devastación

[d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈsjõn]

/[d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“devastación” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,730
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y resultado de devastar o dejar en ruinas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-devastacion · devastación · Spanish

devastación · rank #28,730 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,730
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH deudores

Nearest frequency peer: deudores (-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 “devastación”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “devastación” 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).

devastación vs devaluación
82% similar
devastación vs degustación
82% similar

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

Key facts for devastación
PropertyValue
Headworddevastación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#28,730
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “devastación”

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “deudores” (#28,729), “diafragma” (#28,731), “detergente” (#28,728). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “devastación” va en #28,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around devastación (IPA [d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,730 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción y resultado de devastar o dejar en ruinas.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for devastación, with forms such as "ddevastación", "deavstación", and "debastación". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "devaluación", "degustación", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is devastación, spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y resultado de devastar o dejar en ruinas.

Synonyms

arrasamientoasolaciónasolamientodestrucción

This word in other languages

Verwüstung(Deutsch)devastação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevastación
  • deavstación
  • debastación
  • devasatción
  • devasstación
  • devastacción
  • devastacinó
  • devastaciónn
  • devastacóin
  • devastaicón
  • devastasión
  • devastcaión
  • devasttación
  • devatsación
  • devsatación
  • devvastación
  • dveastación
  • edvastación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddevastación1deavstación2debastación1devasatción2devasstación1devastacción1devastacinó2devastaciónn1
Edit distance from "devastación"

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 "devastación"?
"devastación" is spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈsjõn].
What does "devastación" mean?
As a noun, "devastación" means: Acción y resultado de devastar o dejar en ruinas.
What words are commonly confused with "devastación"?
"devastación" is commonly confused with "devaluación", "degustación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "devastación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devastación" is [d̪eβ̞ast̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devastación" come from?
"devastación" 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 "devastación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

desembarcar#28,721descriptivo#28,720definitivos#28,715coordinados#28,706

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

diferenciado18 variantsdesempeñando18 variantscibernética18 variantsincorporadas18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list