emulsión

Name: emulsión, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[emulˈsjõn]

/[emulˈsjõn]/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“emulsión” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,878 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#50,878
frequency rank, Spanish: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - una mezcla de dos o más líquidos que son normalmente inmiscible (nonmixable o unblendable). Las emulsiones son parte de una clase más general de sistemas de dos fases de la materia llamados coloides.

Key facts for emulsión
Property	Value
Headword	emulsión
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[emulˈsjõn]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#50,878
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “emulsión” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). emulsión lands here:

#50,878

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for emulsión is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [emulˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,878 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for emulsión in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is emulsión, spelled E-M-U-L-S-I-Ó-N.

Definition

1
una mezcla de dos o más líquidos que son normalmente inmiscible (nonmixable o unblendable). Las emulsiones son parte de una clase más general de sistemas de dos fases de la materia llamados coloides.
2
mezcla mineral producido en frío, que se utiliza para construir la superficie de la carretera.

This word in other languages

emulsion(English)émulsion(Français)Emulsion(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emulsión"?

"emulsión" is spelled E-M-U-L-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [emulˈsjõn].

What does "emulsión" mean?

As a noun, "emulsión" means: una mezcla de dos o más líquidos que son normalmente inmiscible (nonmixable o unblendable). Las emulsiones son parte de una clase más general de sistemas de dos fases de la materia llamados coloides.

How do you pronounce "emulsión"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emulsión" is [emulˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "emulsión" come from?

"emulsión" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “emulsión”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-U-L-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [emulˈsjõn] (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.