fundación

/[fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,509

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

fundación is aSpanishnoun. It means: acción y efecto de fundar Pronounced [fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,509 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fundaron and fundición.

Key facts for fundación
PropertyValue
Headwordfundación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,509
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fundación is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,509 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for fundación, with forms such as "ffundación", "fnudación", and "fudnación". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "fundaron", "fundición", "fundaciones", 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 fundación, spelled F-U-N-D-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 y efecto de fundar
  2. 2
    Origen o principio de algo
  3. 3
    institución de interés público, sin fines de lucro

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffundación,fnudación,fudnación,funadción,fundacción,fundacinó,fundaciónn,fundacóin,fundaicón,fundasión,fundcaión,funddación,funndación,ufndación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fundación

Misspelling Variants of "fundación"

ffundación10fnudación9fudnación9funadción9fundacción10fundacinó9fundaciónn10fundacóin9
Misspelling Variants of "fundación"

Frequency rank: #1,509 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fundación"?
"fundación" is spelled F-U-N-D-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn].
What does "fundación" mean?
As a noun, "fundación" means: acción y efecto de fundar
What words are commonly confused with "fundación"?
"fundación" is commonly confused with "fundaron", "fundición", "fundaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fundación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fundación" is [fũn̪d̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fundación" come from?
"fundación" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.