flexión
[flekˈsjõn]
The verdict
“flexión” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #31,351 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,351
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de flexionar o flexionarse, doblando el cuerpo o una parte de él.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flexión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [flekˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “flexión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for flexión is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [flekˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,351 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for flexión, with forms such as "felxión", "fflexión", and "fleixón". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is flexión, spelled F-L-E-X-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de flexionar o flexionarse, doblando el cuerpo o una parte de él.
- 2Deformación que una fuerza ejerce sobre un sólido elástico.
- 3Alteración que experimenta una palabra para indicar diversos aspectos gramaticales, como el modo y tiempo en los verbos o el número y caso en los sustantivos.
- 4Movimiento que reduce el ángulo de alguna articulación a lo largo del plano sagital.
- 5Por extensión, ejercicio gimnástico que consiste principalmente en movimientos de flexión₁.
- 6Curvatura suave de un estrato terrestre.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: felxión,fflexión,fleixón,flexinó,flexiónn,flexxión,flexóin,fllexión,flxeión,lfexión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flexión - 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 “flexión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-L-E-X-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [flekˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.