distracción

/[d̪ist̪ɾakˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,823

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

distracción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de distraerse, no poner atención en lo que se hace. Pronounced [d̪ist̪ɾakˈsjõn]. Often confused with distracciones and destrucción.

Key facts for distracción
PropertyValue
Headworddistracción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪ist̪ɾakˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#14,823
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for distracción is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪ist̪ɾakˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,823 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for distracción, with forms such as "ddistracción", "disrtacción", and "disstracción". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "distracciones", "destrucción", 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 distracción, spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-C-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 de distraerse, no poner atención en lo que se hace.
  2. 2
    Efecto de distraer, de hacer perder a alguien la atención, la concentración, en lo que hace.
  3. 3
    Actividad para ocupar agradablemente el tiempo libre.
  4. 4
    Objeto o motivo que causa la falta de atención.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddistracción,disrtacción,disstracción,distarcción,distraccinó,distracciónn,distraccóin,distracicón,distración,distracsión,distrcación,distrracción,disttracción,ditsracción,dsitracción,idstracción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for distracción

Misspelling Variants of "distracción"

ddistracción12disrtacción11disstracción12distarcción11distraccinó11distracciónn12distraccóin11distracicón11
Misspelling Variants of "distracción"

Frequency rank: #14,823 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "distracción"?
"distracción" is spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪ist̪ɾakˈsjõn].
What does "distracción" mean?
As a noun, "distracción" means: Acción de distraerse, no poner atención en lo que se hace.
What words are commonly confused with "distracción"?
"distracción" is commonly confused with "distracciones", "destrucción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "distracción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "distracción" is [d̪ist̪ɾakˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "distracción" come from?
"distracción" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.