genuflexión
[xenuflekˈsjõn]
The verdict
“genuflexión” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción de doblar la rodilla, generalmente agachándose para hacer una reverencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-genuflexion · genuflexión · Spanish
genuflexión · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genuflexión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xenuflekˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “genuflexión” en español
Rare enough to double-check
genuflexión is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [xenuflekˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for genuflexión in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is genuflexión, spelled G-E-N-U-F-L-E-X-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción de doblar la rodilla, generalmente agachándose para hacer una reverencia.
- 2Por extensión, se dice también cuando se dobla la cintura, inclinando el cuerpo hacia adelante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how genuflexión appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El único que olfateó lo peor fue el presidente: “volver hacia atrás sería destruirnos”. Pero precisamente eso era lo que significaba “el gran pacto”. El primer paso lo dio el ministro del Interior, presentándose de visita en la conferencia episcopal. Queremos “alcanzar consensos entre todos los sectores”, explicó vendiendo como idea del gobierno la genuf…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.