fornicación

[foɾnikaˈsjõn]

/[foɾnikaˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“fornicación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,181 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,181
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de tener relaciones sexuales fuera del matrimonio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-fornicacion · fornicación · Spanish

fornicación · rank #66,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,181
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH forrar

Nearest frequency peer: forrar (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “fornicación”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fornicación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fornicación
PropertyValue
Headwordfornicación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[foɾnikaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “fornicación” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).fornicacióncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “forrar” (#66,182), “fonología” (#66,179), “fragor” (#66,183). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “fornicación” va en #66,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fornicación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,181 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [foɾnikaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fornicación, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is fornicación, spelled F-O-R-N-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de tener relaciones sexuales fuera del matrimonio.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, dícese del coito efectuado de modo imprudente, irresponsable y sin protección.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fornicación"?
"fornicación" is spelled F-O-R-N-I-C-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [foɾnikaˈsjõn].
What does "fornicación" mean?
As a noun, "fornicación" means: Acción y efecto de tener relaciones sexuales fuera del matrimonio.
How do you pronounce "fornicación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fornicación" is [foɾnikaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fornicación" come from?
"fornicación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fornicación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list