explosion

//ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,008

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

explosion is aSpanishnoun. It means: Explosión. Pronounced /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/. Often confused with expresión and expulsión.

Key facts for explosion
PropertyValue
Headwordexplosion
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,008
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for explosion is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/. Corpus data places it at rank #43,008 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Explosión.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for explosion, with forms such as "epxlosion", "exlposion", and "expllosion". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "expresión", "expulsión", "explosivo", and more, 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 explosion, spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Explosión.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxlosion,exlposion,expllosion,explocion,exploison,explosino,explosionn,explosoin,explossion,explsoion,expolsion,expplosion,exxplosion,xeplosion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for explosion

Misspelling Variants of "explosion"

epxlosion9exlposion9expllosion10explocion9exploison9explosino9explosionn10explosoin9
Misspelling Variants of "explosion"

Frequency rank: #43,008 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "explosion"?
"explosion" is spelled E-X-P-L-O-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/.
What does "explosion" mean?
As a noun, "explosion" means: Explosión.
What words are commonly confused with "explosion"?
"explosion" is commonly confused with "expresión", "expulsión", "explosivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "explosion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "explosion" is /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "explosion" come from?
"explosion" 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.