imprecación
[ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn]
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 May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de imprecar o maldecir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imprecación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imprecación” sits in Spanish frequency
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
- 1Acción y efecto de imprecar o maldecir.
- 2Figura retórica que manifiesta el deseo de que alguien sufra mal o daño.
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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.
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Using “imprecación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-R-E-C-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmpɾekaˈsjõn] (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.