facción
[fakˈsjõn]
The verdict
“facción” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,376
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parcialidad de gente amotinada o rebelada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-faccion · facción · Spanish
facción · rank #15,376 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,376
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH Fabio
Nearest frequency peer: Fabio (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “facción”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- extremidades
extremidades
84,628 corpus weight
- Ezequiel
Ezequiel
84,627 corpus weight
- Fabio
Fabio
84,626 corpus weight
- facción
facción
84,625 corpus weight
- felizmente
felizmente
84,624 corpus weight
- finos
finos
84,623 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “facción” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | facción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fakˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “facción” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around facción (IPA [fakˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,376 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for facción, with forms such as "afcción", "faccinó", and "facciónn". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "falcon", "función", "ficción", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is facción, spelled F-A-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Parcialidad de gente amotinada o rebelada.
- 2Bando, pandilla, parcialidad o partido en las comunidades o cuerpos.
- 3Cualquiera de las partes del rostro humano.
- 4Acción de guerra.
- 5Acto 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.
- 6Acción y efecto de hacer.
- 7Figura y disposición con que una cosa se distingue de otra.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afcción
- faccinó
- facciónn
- faccóin
- facicón
- fación
- facsión
- fcación
- ffacción
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of facción - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "facción", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "facción". Here's where to go from here.
- "facción" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "falcon". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,376 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.