diócesis
[ˈd̪josesis]
The verdict
“diócesis” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,321 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,321
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Distrito o territorio en que un prelado (arzobispo, obispo, etc) tiene y ejerce jurisdicción espiritual.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diócesis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪josesis] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diócesis” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for diócesis is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪josesis]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,321 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Distrito o territorio en que un prelado (arzobispo, obispo, etc) tiene y ejerce jurisdicción espiritual.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for diócesis, with forms such as "ddiócesis", "dicóesis", and "dióccesis". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is diócesis, spelled D-I-Ó-C-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Distrito o territorio en que un prelado (arzobispo, obispo, etc) tiene y ejerce jurisdicción espiritual.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddiócesis,dicóesis,dióccesis,diócecis,dióceiss,diócesiss,diócessi,diócessis,diócseis,dióecsis,diósesis,dóicesis,idócesis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diócesis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “diócesis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-I-Ó-C-E-S-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪josesis] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.