distinción

/[d̪ist̪ĩnˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,290

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

distinción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de distinguir o de distinguirse. Pronounced [d̪ist̪ĩnˈsjõn]. It ranks #6,290 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with distinciones and disfunción.

Key facts for distinción
PropertyValue
Headworddistinción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪ist̪ĩnˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,290
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of distinción in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for distinción is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪ist̪ĩnˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,290 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for distinción, with forms such as "ddistinción", "disitnción", and "disstinción". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "distinciones", "disfunción", "distensión", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is distinción, spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de distinguir o de distinguirse.
  2. 2
    Diferencia en lo esencial, de la cual una cosa no es otra o no se asemeja a otra.
  3. 3
    Dícese del honor concedido a alguien.
  4. 4
    Dícese de la elegancia de algo o alguien.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddistinción,disitnción,disstinción,disticnión,distincción,distincinó,distinciónn,distincóin,distinicón,distinnción,distinsión,distnición,disttinción,ditsinción,dsitinción,idstinción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for distinción

Misspelling Variants of "distinción"

ddistinción11disitnción10disstinción11disticnión10distincción11distincinó10distinciónn11distincóin10
Misspelling Variants of "distinción"

Frequency rank: #6,290 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "distinción"?
"distinción" is spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪ist̪ĩnˈsjõn].
What does "distinción" mean?
As a noun, "distinción" means: Acción o efecto de distinguir o de distinguirse.
What words are commonly confused with "distinción"?
"distinción" is commonly confused with "distinciones", "disfunción", "distensión". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "distinción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "distinción" is [d̪ist̪ĩnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "distinción" come from?
"distinción" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.