imitación

/[imit̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,834

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

imitación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y efecto de imitar Pronounced [imit̪aˈsjõn]. Often confused with invitación and imputación.

Key facts for imitación
PropertyValue
Headwordimitación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[imit̪aˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,834
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for imitación is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [imit̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,834 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for imitación, with forms such as "iimtación", "imiatción", and "imitacción". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "invitación", "imputación", "irritación", 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 imitación, spelled I-M-I-T-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 imitar
  2. 2
    Objeto cualquiera, en especial un producto comercial o una obra de arte, diseñado en semejanza de otro con el propósito de pasar fraudulentamente por el original

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iimtación,imiatción,imitacción,imitacinó,imitaciónn,imitacóin,imitaicón,imitasión,imitcaión,imittación,immitación,imtiación,miitación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for imitación

Misspelling Variants of "imitación"

iimtación9imiatción9imitacción10imitacinó9imitaciónn10imitacóin9imitaicón9imitasión9
Misspelling Variants of "imitación"

Frequency rank: #12,834 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imitación"?
"imitación" is spelled I-M-I-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [imit̪aˈsjõn].
What does "imitación" mean?
As a noun, "imitación" means: Acción y efecto de imitar
What words are commonly confused with "imitación"?
"imitación" is commonly confused with "invitación", "imputación", "irritación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imitación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imitación" is [imit̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imitación" come from?
"imitación" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.