expulsión

[ekspulˈsjõn]

/[ekspulˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“expulsión” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,163. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,163
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-expulsion · expulsión · Spanish

expulsión · rank #7,163 · 14 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,163
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH evidencias

Nearest frequency peer: evidencias (-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 “expulsión”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “expulsión” 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).

expulsión vs expulsó
78% similar
expulsión vs expulsiones
73% similar
expulsión vs expulsan
78% similar

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

Key facts for expulsión
PropertyValue
Headwordexpulsión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ekspulˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,163
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “expulsión”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).expulsióncae 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 “evidencias” (#7,162), “fina” (#7,164), “estatuto” (#7,161). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “expulsión” va en #7,163. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around expulsión (IPA [ekspulˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,163 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for expulsión, with forms such as "epxulsión", "explusión", and "exppulsión". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "expulsó", "expulsiones", "expulsan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is expulsión, spelled E-X-P-U-L-S-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de expeler o de expulsar.
  2. 2
    el golpe que da con violencia el diestro a la espada de su contrario con el objetivo de desanimarlo.
  3. 3
    Medida administrativa que consiste en forzar a que abandone el país un extranjero no deseado.

This word in other languages

expulsion(English)expulsion(Français)Vertreibung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epxulsión
  • explusión
  • exppulsión
  • expulción
  • expulisón
  • expullsión
  • expulsinó
  • expulsiónn
  • expulssión
  • expulsóin
  • expuslión
  • exuplsión
  • exxpulsión
  • xepulsión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of expulsión - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

epxulsión2explusión2exppulsión1expulción1expulisón2expullsión1expulsinó2expulsiónn1
Edit distance from "expulsión"

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 "expulsión"?
"expulsión" is spelled E-X-P-U-L-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ekspulˈsjõn].
What does "expulsión" mean?
As a noun, "expulsión" means: Acción o efecto de expeler o de expulsar.
What words are commonly confused with "expulsión"?
"expulsión" is commonly confused with "expulsó", "expulsiones", "expulsan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "expulsión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expulsión" is [ekspulˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expulsión" come from?
"expulsión" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entiendes#7,155inspector#7,177diseñador#7,145deterioro#7,141

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

cubiertas14 variantsoperadores14 variantsprovocado14 variantsresidente14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list