excursión

/[ekskuɾˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,459

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

excursión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Paseo de grupo planeado con anticipación. Pronounced [ekskuɾˈsjõn]. Often confused with expulsión and extorsión.

Key facts for excursión
PropertyValue
Headwordexcursión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ekskuɾˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,459
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for excursión is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekskuɾˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,459 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for excursión, with forms such as "ecxursión", "exccursión", and "excrusión". 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, "expulsión", "extorsión", "excursiones", 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 excursión, spelled E-X-C-U-R-S-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paseo de grupo planeado con anticipación.
  2. 2
    Recorrido o travesía generalmente a pie.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecxursión,exccursión,excrusión,excurción,excurisón,excurrsión,excursinó,excursiónn,excurssión,excursóin,excusrión,exucrsión,exxcursión,xecursión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for excursión

Misspelling Variants of "excursión"

ecxursión9exccursión10excrusión9excurción9excurisón9excurrsión10excursinó9excursiónn10
Misspelling Variants of "excursión"

Frequency rank: #13,459 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excursión"?
"excursión" is spelled E-X-C-U-R-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ekskuɾˈsjõn].
What does "excursión" mean?
As a noun, "excursión" means: Paseo de grupo planeado con anticipación.
What words are commonly confused with "excursión"?
"excursión" is commonly confused with "expulsión", "extorsión", "excursiones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excursión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excursión" is [ekskuɾˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excursión" come from?
"excursión" 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.