extinción

/[ekst̪ĩnˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,059

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

extinción is aSpanishnoun. It means: La acción y el efecto de extinguirse. Pronounced [ekst̪ĩnˈsjõn]. It ranks #6,059 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with exención and extension.

Key facts for extinción
PropertyValue
Headwordextinción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ekst̪ĩnˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,059
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for extinción is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekst̪ĩnˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,059 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "La acción y el efecto de extinguirse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for extinción, with forms such as "etxinción", "exitnción", and "exticnión". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exención", "extension", "expiación", 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 extinción, spelled E-X-T-I-N-C-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
    La acción y el efecto de extinguirse.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etxinción,exitnción,exticnión,extincción,extincinó,extinciónn,extincóin,extinicón,extinnción,extinsión,extnición,exttinción,exxtinción,xetinción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for extinción

Misspelling Variants of "extinción"

etxinción9exitnción9exticnión9extincción10extincinó9extinciónn10extincóin9extinicón9
Misspelling Variants of "extinción"

Frequency rank: #6,059 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "extinción"?
"extinción" is spelled E-X-T-I-N-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ekst̪ĩnˈsjõn].
What does "extinción" mean?
As a noun, "extinción" means: La acción y el efecto de extinguirse.
What words are commonly confused with "extinción"?
"extinción" is commonly confused with "exención", "extension", "expiación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "extinción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extinción" is [ekst̪ĩnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extinción" come from?
"extinción" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.