evitación

[eβ̞it̪aˈsjõn]

/[eβ̞it̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“evitación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,563 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,563
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de evitar o de evitarse

Corpus desk

Index ES-evitacion · evitación · Spanish

evitación · rank #68,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,563
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH evacuando

Nearest frequency peer: evacuando (-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 “evitación”

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 “evitación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for evitación
PropertyValue
Headwordevitación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eβ̞it̪aˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,563
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “evitación” en español

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “evacuando” (#68,562), “estrenaba” (#68,561), “exasperante” (#68,565). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “evitación” va en #68,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

evitación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,563 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eβ̞it̪aˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de evitar o de evitarse".

evitación doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 evitación, spelled E-V-I-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de evitar o de evitarse

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 "evitación"?
"evitación" is spelled E-V-I-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [eβ̞it̪aˈsjõn].
What does "evitación" mean?
As a noun, "evitación" means: Acción o efecto de evitar o de evitarse
How do you pronounce "evitación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "evitación" is [eβ̞it̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "evitación" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list