disipación
[d̪isipaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“disipación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,252 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,252
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La acción y el efecto de extenderse para dejar de estar junto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disipación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪isipaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disipación” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
disipación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,252 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪isipaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for disipación, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is disipación, spelled D-I-S-I-P-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1La acción y el efecto de extenderse para dejar de estar junto.
- 2Desperdicio
- 3Acción y efecto de distraer la mente, de dispersar la atención.
- 4Proceso en el que la energía se consume sin producir trabajo, por ejemplo en un proceso con fricción.
This word in other languages
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 “disipación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-I-S-I-P-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪isipaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.