extirpación
[ekst̪iɾpaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“extirpación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #46,552 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,552
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de extirpar.
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 | extirpación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ekst̪iɾpaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #46,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extirpación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for extirpación is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekst̪iɾpaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,552 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción y efecto de extirpar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for extirpación, with forms such as "etxirpación", "exitrpación", and "extipración". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "expiración", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 extirpación, spelled E-X-T-I-R-P-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de extirpar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etxirpación,exitrpación,extipración,extirapción,extirpacción,extirpacinó,extirpaciónn,extirpacóin,extirpaicón,extirpasión,extirpcaión,extirppación,extirrpación,extripación,exttirpación,exxtirpación,xetirpación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extirpación - 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 “extirpación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-T-I-R-P-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ekst̪iɾpaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “expiración” - see the side-by-side comparison. extirpación vs expiración
- 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.