exploración

[eksploɾaˈsjõn]

/[eksploɾaˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“exploración” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,526. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,526
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-exploracion · exploración · Spanish

exploración · rank #6,526 · 17 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,526
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH exitosa

Nearest frequency peer: exitosa (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “exploración”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “exploración” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exploración vs explotación
91% similar
exploración vs exportación
82% similar
exploración vs exploraciones
77% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exploración
PropertyValue
Headwordexploración
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eksploɾaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,526
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “exploración”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).exploracióncae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “exitosa” (#6,525), “explorar” (#6,527), “estrecho” (#6,524). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “exploración” va en #6,526. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around exploración (IPA [eksploɾaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,526 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción o efecto de explorar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for exploración, with forms such as "epxloración", "exlporación", and "explloración". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "explotación", "exportación", "exploraciones", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is exploración, spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de explorar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how exploración appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «A finales del siglo pasado, el geólogo norteamericano Clarence Dutton (1841-1912), uno de los pioneros en la exploración del Gran Cañón del Colorado, quedó sorprendido por el enorme espesor de los estratos que formaban la Meseta, en la que el Río Colorado había excavado un cañón de más de 1.001 m de profundidad, observando que por la naturaleza de los es…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxloración
  • exlporación
  • explloración
  • exploarción
  • exploracción
  • exploracinó
  • exploraciónn
  • exploracóin
  • exploraicón
  • explorasión
  • explorcaión
  • explorración
  • explroación
  • expolración
  • expploración
  • exxploración
  • xeploración

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exploración - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epxloración2exlporación2explloración1exploarción2exploracción1exploracinó2exploraciónn1exploracóin2
Edit distance from "exploración"

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 "exploración"?
"exploración" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [eksploɾaˈsjõn].
What does "exploración" mean?
As a noun, "exploración" means: Acción o efecto de explorar.
What words are commonly confused with "exploración"?
"exploración" is commonly confused with "explotación", "exportación", "exploraciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exploración"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exploración" is [eksploɾaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exploración" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list