erudición
[eɾuð̞iˈsjõn]
The verdict
“erudición” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #38,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,683
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Profundo conocimiento de una rama del saber, especialmente el académico
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 | erudición |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eɾuð̞iˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erudición” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around erudición (IPA [eɾuð̞iˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,683 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Profundo conocimiento de una rama del saber, especialmente el académico".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for erudición, with forms such as "erduición", "errudición", and "erudciión". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "erupción", "edición", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is erudición, spelled E-R-U-D-I-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Profundo conocimiento de una rama del saber, especialmente el académico
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erduición
- errudición
- erudciión
- eruddición
- erudicción
- erudicinó
- erudiciónn
- erudicóin
- erudiicón
- erudisión
- eruidción
- eurdición
- reudición
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erudición - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “erudición”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-R-U-D-I-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eɾuð̞iˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “erupción” - see the side-by-side comparison. erudición vs erupción
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.