elongación
[elõŋgaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“elongación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,519 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,519
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La acción y efecto de elongar, alargar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elongación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [elõŋgaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elongación” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
elongación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,519 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [elõŋgaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
elongación has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is elongación, spelled E-L-O-N-G-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1La acción y efecto de elongar, alargar.
- 2Alargamiento que sufre un cuerpo que se somete a esfuerzo de tracción
- 3Distancia angular entre dos cuerpos celestes vistos desde la tierra, es especial si uno de los cuerpos es el sol.
- 4Aumento de la longitud de un muelle al someterlo a una fuerza.
- 5Aumento accidental de la longitud de un miembro o un nervio, y la lesión producida por ese alargamiento.
- 6Técnica quirúrgica que se utiliza para incrementar la longitud de ciertos huesos.
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 “elongación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L-O-N-G-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [elõŋgaˈsjõn] (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.