excepcional

/[eksepsjoˈnal]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,019

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

excepcional is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne a una excepción. Pronounced [eksepsjoˈnal]. It ranks #7,019 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with excepciones and excepcionales.

Key facts for excepcional
PropertyValue
Headwordexcepcional
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[eksepsjoˈnal]
Letters11
Frequency rank#7,019
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of excepcional in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for excepcional is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eksepsjoˈnal]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,019 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for excepcional, with forms such as "ecxepcional", "exccepcional", and "excecpional". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "excepciones", "excepcionales", "excepción", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is excepcional, spelled E-X-C-E-P-C-I-O-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne a una excepción.
  2. 2
    Que está fuera de lo común o lo normal.
  3. 3
    Muy bueno, fantástico, estupendo.
  4. 4
    Dicho de una persona, que posee algún tipo de discapacidad intelectual o psicosocial (como síndrome de Down, parálisis cerebral, autismo, etc.)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecxepcional,exccepcional,excecpional,excepccional,excepcinoal,excepcioanl,excepcionall,excepcionla,excepcionnal,excepcoinal,excepiconal,exceppcional,excpecional,execpcional,exsepsional,exxcepcional,xecepcional

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for excepcional

Misspelling Variants of "excepcional"

ecxepcional11exccepcional12excecpional11excepccional12excepcinoal11excepcioanl11excepcionall12excepcionla11
Misspelling Variants of "excepcional"

Frequency rank: #7,019 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excepcional"?
"excepcional" is spelled E-X-C-E-P-C-I-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [eksepsjoˈnal].
What does "excepcional" mean?
As an adj, "excepcional" means: Que pertenece o concierne a una excepción.
What words are commonly confused with "excepcional"?
"excepcional" is commonly confused with "excepciones", "excepcionales", "excepción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excepcional"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excepcional" is [eksepsjoˈnal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excepcional" come from?
"excepcional" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.