dirección

[d̪iɾekˈsjõn]

/[d̪iɾekˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“dirección” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #571 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#571
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de personas que tienen que dirigir por ejemplo una sociedad.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dirección vs direction
78% similar
dirección vs disección
89% similar
dirección vs direcciones
73% similar

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

Key facts for dirección
PropertyValue
Headworddirección
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪iɾekˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#571
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dirección” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dirección lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dirección is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪iɾekˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #571 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dirección, with forms such as "ddirección", "diercción", and "dirceción". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "direction", "disección", "direcciones", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is dirección, spelled D-I-R-E-C-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de personas que tienen que dirigir por ejemplo una sociedad.
  2. 2
    Rumbo, camino que se sigue.
  3. 3
    Acción y efecto de dirigir, encaminar, etc.
  4. 4
    Tendencia de un cuerpo a trasladarse hacia determinado punto.
  5. 5
    La posición relativa de dos objetos.
  6. 6
    Gobierno, guía, conducción.
  7. 7
    Consejo, instrucción, educación.
  8. 8
    Administración al frente de un ramo, empresa, etc.
  9. 9
    La posición recta y derecha de algún cuerpo, línea, pared, etc.
  10. 10
    El número de diputados de una compañía, a cuyo cargo está el manejo y conducta de ella.
  11. 11
    Casa en que se juntan los directores.
  12. 12
    Oficio de director.
  13. 13
    Oficina o casa en que despacha un director.
  14. 14
    Señas escrita sobre una carta, fardo, caja o cualquier otro bulto, para indicar dónde y a quién se envía.
  15. 15
    Arrumbamiento de la intersección de las caras laterales de una capa o filón con un plano horizontal.

Synonyms

jefatura

This word in other languages

address(English)adresse(Français)Adresse(Deutsch)caminho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddirección,diercción,dirceción,direccinó,direcciónn,direccóin,direcicón,direción,direcsión,dirrección,driección,idrección

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dirección - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddirección1diercción2dirceción2direccinó2direcciónn1direccóin2direcicón2direción1
Edit distance from "dirección"

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 "dirección"?
"dirección" is spelled D-I-R-E-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪iɾekˈsjõn].
What does "dirección" mean?
As a noun, "dirección" means: Conjunto de personas que tienen que dirigir por ejemplo una sociedad.
What words are commonly confused with "dirección"?
"dirección" is commonly confused with "direction", "disección", "direcciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirección"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirección" is [d̪iɾekˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirección" come from?
"dirección" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “dirección”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is D-I-R-E-C-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [d̪iɾekˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “direction” - see the side-by-side comparison. dirección vs direction
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list