expresión
[ekspɾeˈsjõn]
The verdict
“expresión” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,288 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,288
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y resultado de expresar o expresarse, de mostrar o manifestar con actitudes, gestos, palabras, signos, etc.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expresión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ekspɾeˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “expresión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for expresión is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekspɾeˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,288 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for expresión, with forms such as "epxresión", "expersión", and "exppresión". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "expreso", "expulsión", "expresiva", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is expresión, spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y resultado de expresar o expresarse, de mostrar o manifestar con actitudes, gestos, palabras, signos, etc.
- 2Manifestación de las emociones o actitudes que se refleja en el rostro de una persona.
- 3Representación de arte (música, pintura, escultura, poesía, etc.) que comunica con claridad y fuerza su idea o propósito.
- 4Lo que se obsequia a alguien en demostración de afecto, reconocimiento, gratitud, amistad, etc.
- 5Modo particular de articular o expresar algo.
- 6Segmento del discurso –que puede ser una palabra o un grupo de ellas– que se identifica como unidad léxica por encapsular una idea o actitud de un modo particular al uso de un individuo, una región, un área de actividad, un campo semántico dado, etc. En algunas escuelas de fraseología, designa específicamente a un conjunto fijo de palabras (sintagma) que no admite flexión o variación en su morfología.
- 7En semiología, la forma o manifestación tangible del signo, en oposición a su significado o contenido.
- 8Conjunto de símbolos que denota una cantidad, valor u operación.
- 9Combinación de constantes o variables dentro de un programa o código que genera un resultado específico.
- 10Acto de exprimir.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epxresión,expersión,exppresión,expreción,expreisón,expresinó,expresiónn,expressión,expresóin,exprresión,exprseión,exrpesión,exxpresión,xepresión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expresión - 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.
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.
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Using “expresión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-P-R-E-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ekspɾeˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “expreso” - see the side-by-side comparison. expresión vs expreso
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.