expulsión

/[ekspulˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,163

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

expulsión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de expeler o de expulsar. Pronounced [ekspulˈsjõn]. It ranks #7,163 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with expulsó and expulsiones.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for expulsión is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekspulˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,163 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 expulsión, with forms such as "epxulsión", "explusión", and "exppulsión". 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, "expulsó", "expulsiones", "expulsan", 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 expulsión, spelled E-X-P-U-L-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
    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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epxulsión,explusión,exppulsión,expulción,expulisón,expullsión,expulsinó,expulsiónn,expulssión,expulsóin,expuslión,exuplsión,exxpulsión,xepulsión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for expulsión

Misspelling Variants of "expulsión"

epxulsión9explusión9exppulsión10expulción9expulisón9expullsión10expulsinó9expulsiónn10
Misspelling Variants of "expulsión"

Frequency rank: #7,163 in Spanish

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. 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.