discreción

Name: discreción, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[d̪iskɾeˈsjõn]

/[d̪iskɾeˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“discreción” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,021
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,885
“D” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cautela y delicadeza para obrar o hablar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-discrecion · discreción · Spanish

discreción · rank #13,021 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #13,021
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 4,885
PHOTO-FINISH despierte

Nearest frequency peer: despierte (-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.

despidos

86,982
despierte

86,981
discreción

86,980
discípulo

86,979
disparando

86,978
divertirse

86,977

What this shows “discreción” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

discreción vs discrecional

75% similar

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

Key facts for discreción
Property	Value
Headword	discreción
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[d̪iskɾeˈsjõn]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#13,021
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “discreción”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).discrecióncae aquí:

#13,021

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “despierte” (#13,020), “discípulo” (#13,022), “despidos” (#13,019). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “discreción” va en #13,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around discreción (IPA [d̪iskɾeˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,021 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for discreción, with forms such as "ddiscreción", "dicsreción", and "disccreción". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "discrecional", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is discreción, spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
Cautela y delicadeza para obrar o hablar.
2
Don de manifestarse con perspicacia y oportunidad.
3
Palabra o locución discreta.

This word in other languages

discretion(English)discrétion(Français)Diskretion(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddiscreción
dicsreción
disccreción
discerción
discrceión
discrección
discrecinó
discreciónn
discrecóin
discreicón
discresión
discrreción
disrceción
disscreción
dsicreción
idscreción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "discreción"

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 "discreción"?

"discreción" is spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪iskɾeˈsjõn].

What does "discreción" mean?

As a noun, "discreción" means: Cautela y delicadeza para obrar o hablar.

What words are commonly confused with "discreción"?

"discreción" is commonly confused with "discrecional". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "discreción"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discreción" is [d̪iskɾeˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "discreción" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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