generación

/[xeneɾaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,450

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

generación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de generar. Pronounced [xeneɾaˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,450 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with generaron and generation.

Key facts for generación
PropertyValue
Headwordgeneración
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[xeneɾaˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,450
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for generación is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xeneɾaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,450 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for generación, with forms such as "egneración", "geenración", and "genearción". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "generaron", "generation", "generaciones", 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 generación, spelled G-E-N-E-R-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 generar.
  2. 2
    Acción o efecto de engendrar.
  3. 3
    Relación progresiva de descendientes directos.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de todas las personas de edades próximas o que viven en la misma época.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egneración,geenración,genearción,generacción,generacinó,generaciónn,generacóin,generaicón,generasión,genercaión,generración,genneración,genreación,ggeneración,gneeración

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for generación

Misspelling Variants of "generación"

egneración10geenración10genearción10generacción11generacinó10generaciónn11generacóin10generaicón10
Misspelling Variants of "generación"

Frequency rank: #1,450 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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