implosión
[ĩmploˈsjõn]
The verdict
“implosión” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #51,671 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,671
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Proceso o resultado de derrumbarse, romperse, caerse o estallar hacia adentro y con violencia la estructura de algo, especialmente las paredes de una cavidad cuando ceden a la presión externa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | implosión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩmploˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “implosión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for implosión is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmploˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,671 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for implosión in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is implosión, spelled I-M-P-L-O-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Proceso o resultado de derrumbarse, romperse, caerse o estallar hacia adentro y con violencia la estructura de algo, especialmente las paredes de una cavidad cuando ceden a la presión externa.
- 2Manera específica en que se articulan o pronuncian las consonantes oclusivas (las que se producen cerrando la salida del aire) cuando son implosivas, es decir, están al final de una sílaba o de una palabra y no terminan con la abertura súbita que caracteriza su final en otras posiciones.
- 3Momento o etapa inicial de la oclusión, esto es, de cerrar o contener hacia adentro la salida del aire en el proceso de articular una consonante oclusiva.
- 4Reducción súbita del tamaño de un cuerpo celeste (astro, planeta, etc.) al parecer recogerse en su centro por colapso gravitatorio.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “implosión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-L-O-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmploˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.