educación
[eð̞ukaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“educación” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #393 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #393
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El acto y el proceso de impartir o adquirir conocimientos, habilidades.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | educación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eð̞ukaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “educación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for educación is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eð̞ukaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #393 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for educación, with forms such as "deucación", "edcuación", and "edducación". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "educaron", "education", "evocación", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is educación, spelled E-D-U-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1El acto y el proceso de impartir o adquirir conocimientos, habilidades.
- 2El resultado de enseñar, entrenar, estudiar.
- 3El grado, nivel o clase de la educación¹.
- 4Conocimiento y práctica de los usos y buenas costumbres que demuestran respeto a los individuos en una sociedad o a sus normas.
- 5Proceso a largo plazo, que implica y supone cambios permanentes en conductas, actitudes, valores, contenidos y experiencias.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: deucación,edcuación,edducación,eduacción,educacción,educacinó,educaciónn,educacóin,educaicón,educasión,educcación,educcaión,eudcación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of educación - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “educación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-D-U-C-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eð̞ukaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “educaron” - see the side-by-side comparison. educación vs educaron
- 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.