incorrección

[ĩŋkorekˈsjõn]

/[ĩŋkorekˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“incorrección” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,057 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,057
frequency rank, Spanish
22,782
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calidad de erróneo o inexacto.

Key facts for incorrección
PropertyValue
Headwordincorrección
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩŋkorekˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#83,057
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “incorrección” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). incorrección lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incorrección is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,057 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ĩŋkorekˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for incorrección in our 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is incorrección, spelled I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Calidad de erróneo o inexacto.
  2. 2
    Hecho o dicho equivocado.
  3. 3
    Error, falta o cosa incorrecta.
  4. 4
    Descortesía o grosería.

This word in other languages

incorrectness(English)incorrection(Français)Unrichtigkeit(Deutsch)incorreção(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incorrección"?
"incorrección" is spelled I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋkorekˈsjõn].
What does "incorrección" mean?
As a noun, "incorrección" means: Calidad de erróneo o inexacto.
How do you pronounce "incorrección"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incorrección" is [ĩŋkorekˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incorrección" come from?
"incorrección" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “incorrección”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ĩŋkorekˈsjõn] (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

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list