imprecación

[ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn]

/[ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“imprecación” 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 y efecto de imprecar o maldecir.

Corpus desk

Index ES-imprecacion · imprecación · Spanish

imprecación · 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 "I" 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.

Key facts for imprecación
PropertyValue
Headwordimprecación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “imprecación” en español

imprecaciónqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

imprecación is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

imprecación doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is imprecación, spelled I-M-P-R-E-C-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de imprecar o maldecir.
  2. 2
    Figura retórica que manifiesta el deseo de que alguien sufra mal o daño.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how imprecación appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Polifemo, el feroz cíclope, lanza su imprecación contra Ulises por haberlo enceguecido.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "imprecación"?
"imprecación" is spelled I-M-P-R-E-C-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn].
What does "imprecación" mean?
As a noun, "imprecación" means: Acción y efecto de imprecar o maldecir.
How do you pronounce "imprecación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imprecación" is [ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imprecación" come from?
"imprecación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list