facción

/[fakˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,376

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

facción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parcialidad de gente amotinada o rebelada. Pronounced [fakˈsjõn]. Often confused with falcon and función.

Key facts for facción
PropertyValue
Headwordfacción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fakˈsjõn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,376
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for facción is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fakˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,376 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for facción, with forms such as "afcción", "faccinó", and "facciónn". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "falcon", "función", "ficción", 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 facción, spelled F-A-C-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
    Parcialidad de gente amotinada o rebelada.
  2. 2
    Bando, pandilla, parcialidad o partido en las comunidades o cuerpos.
  3. 3
    Cualquiera de las partes del rostro humano.
  4. 4
    Acción de guerra.
  5. 5
    Acto del servicio militar, como guardia, centinela, patrulla, etcétera; y así, del militar que está que está ocupado en algo de esto, se dice que está de facción.
  6. 6
    Acción y efecto de hacer.
  7. 7
    Figura y disposición con que una cosa se distingue de otra.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afcción,faccinó,facciónn,faccóin,facicón,fación,facsión,fcación,ffacción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for facción

Misspelling Variants of "facción"

afcción7faccinó7facciónn8faccóin7facicón7fación6facsión7fcación7
Misspelling Variants of "facción"

Frequency rank: #15,376 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "facción"?
"facción" is spelled F-A-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fakˈsjõn].
What does "facción" mean?
As a noun, "facción" means: Parcialidad de gente amotinada o rebelada.
What words are commonly confused with "facción"?
"facción" is commonly confused with "falcon", "función", "ficción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "facción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "facción" is [fakˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "facción" come from?
"facción" 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.