estupefacción

[est̪upefakˈsjõn]

/[est̪upefakˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“estupefacción” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,978 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,978
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasmo o estupor.

Corpus desk

Index ES-estupefaccion · estupefacción · Spanish

estupefacción · rank #81,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,978
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH estrépito

Nearest frequency peer: estrépito (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “estupefacción”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estupefacción” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estupefacción
PropertyValue
Headwordestupefacción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[est̪upefakˈsjõn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#81,978
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “estupefacción” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.estupefaccióncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “estrépito” (#81,977), “estrangula” (#81,976), “Eufemia” (#81,981). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “estupefacción” va en #81,978. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estupefacción is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,978 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [est̪upefakˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

estupefacción has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 estupefacción, spelled E-S-T-U-P-E-F-A-C-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pasmo o estupor.
  2. 2
    Asombro, admiración grande.

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 "estupefacción"?
"estupefacción" is spelled E-S-T-U-P-E-F-A-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [est̪upefakˈsjõn].
What does "estupefacción" mean?
As a noun, "estupefacción" means: Pasmo o estupor.
How do you pronounce "estupefacción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estupefacción" is [est̪upefakˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estupefacción" come from?
"estupefacción" 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estupefacción", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list