exclamación
The verdict
“exclamación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #35,505 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,505
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Expresión (vocablo, frase, grito, etc.) enfática que refleja una viva emoción o reacción emotiva, tales como alegría, pena, indignación, cólera, asombro, admiración, etc. Acción o efecto de exclamar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exclamación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eksklamaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exclamación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for exclamación is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eksklamaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,505 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for exclamación, with forms such as "ecxlamación", "excalmación", and "excclamación". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "excavación", 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 exclamación, spelled E-X-C-L-A-M-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Expresión (vocablo, frase, grito, etc.) enfática que refleja una viva emoción o reacción emotiva, tales como alegría, pena, indignación, cólera, asombro, admiración, etc. Acción o efecto de exclamar.
- 2Signo gráfico ( ! ) que se escribe para indicar la entonación exclamativa de un enunciado (palabra, frase, oración, interjección, etc).
- 3Figura retórica que consiste en expresar con vigor una emoción o estado de ánimo para ponderarlos, dar fuerza y eficacia a lo que se dice, u obtener cierto efecto (cómico, trágico, etc.) en el receptor del discurso.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecxlamación,excalmación,excclamación,exclaamción,exclamacción,exclamacinó,exclamaciónn,exclamacóin,exclamaicón,exclamasión,exclamcaión,exclammación,excllamación,exclmaación,exlcamación,exxclamación,xeclamación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exclamación — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "exclamación"
Frequency rank: #35,505 in Spanish
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Using “exclamación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-C-L-A-M-A-C-I-Ó-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eksklamaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “excavación” — see the side-by-side comparison. exclamación vs excavación
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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