imperfección

/[ĩmpeɾfekˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,244

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

imperfección is aSpanishnoun. It means: Carencia de perfección. Pronounced [ĩmpeɾfekˈsjõn]. Often confused with imperfecciones.

Key facts for imperfección
PropertyValue
Headwordimperfección
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩmpeɾfekˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#44,244
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for imperfección is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpeɾfekˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,244 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for imperfección, with forms such as "imeprfección", "immperfección", and "impefrección". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "imperfecciones", 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 imperfección, spelled I-M-P-E-R-F-E-C-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
    Carencia de perfección.
  2. 2
    Defecto pequeño en el aspecto moral.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imeprfección,immperfección,impefrección,imperefcción,imperfceción,imperfeccinó,imperfecciónn,imperfeccóin,imperfecicón,imperfeción,imperfecsión,imperffección,imperrfección,impperfección,imprefección,ipmerfección,miperfección

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for imperfección

Misspelling Variants of "imperfección"

imeprfección12immperfección13impefrección12imperefcción12imperfceción12imperfeccinó12imperfecciónn13imperfeccóin12
Misspelling Variants of "imperfección"

Frequency rank: #44,244 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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