formación
[foɾmaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“formación” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #966 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #966
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Reunión ordenada en el espacio de un conjunto de objetos similares.
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 | formación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [foɾmaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “formación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for formación is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [foɾmaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #966 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for formación, with forms such as "fformación", "fomración", and "foramción". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "formaron", "formaciones", "formulación", 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 formación, spelled F-O-R-M-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
- 1Reunión ordenada en el espacio de un conjunto de objetos similares.
- 2Proceso que tiene una persona para adquirir desarrollo, recibir una educación o un conocimiento
- 3Nivel de conocimientos que una persona posee sobre una determinada materia.
- 4Grupo mineral que posee características geológicas y paleontológicas similares.
- 5La acción de dar forma a algo.
- 6Crecimiento de cada persona en el ser, el saber y el hacer; en su propia identidad por medio del dialogo, el testimonio y las vivencias propias.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fformación,fomración,foramción,formacción,formacinó,formaciónn,formacóin,formaicón,formasión,formcaión,formmación,forrmación,fromación,ofrmación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of formación - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "formación"
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 “formación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-O-R-M-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [foɾmaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “formaron” - see the side-by-side comparison. formación vs formaron
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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