felicitación

/[felisit̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,040

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

felicitación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de felicitar. Pronounced [felisit̪aˈsjõn]. Often confused with felicitaciones.

Key facts for felicitación
PropertyValue
Headwordfelicitación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[felisit̪aˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#20,040
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for felicitación is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [felisit̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,040 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for felicitación, with forms such as "eflicitación", "feilcitación", and "felciitación". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "felicitaciones", 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 felicitación, spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-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
    Acción o efecto de felicitar.
  2. 2
    Parabién, congratulación, etc.
  3. 3
    Tarjeta postal, carta, telegrama, mail, etc. con el que se felicita.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eflicitación,feilcitación,felciitación,feliccitación,feliciatción,felicitacción,felicitacinó,felicitaciónn,felicitacóin,felicitaicón,felicitcaión,felicittación,felictiación,feliictación,felisitasión,fellicitación,ffelicitación,fleicitación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for felicitación

Misspelling Variants of "felicitación"

eflicitación12feilcitación12felciitación12feliccitación13feliciatción12felicitacción13felicitacinó12felicitaciónn13
Misspelling Variants of "felicitación"

Frequency rank: #20,040 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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