infestación

[ĩɱfest̪aˈsjõn]

/[ĩɱfest̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“infestación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,398 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,398
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Invasión por parte de un parásito que se ha reproducido y extendido dentro de su huésped.

Corpus desk

Index ES-infestacion · infestación · Spanish

infestación · rank #62,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,398
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH infiltraciones

Nearest frequency peer: infiltraciones (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “infestación”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “infestación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for infestación
PropertyValue
Headwordinfestación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩɱfest̪aˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#62,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “infestación” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.infestacióncae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “infiltraciones” (#62,399), “indicativos” (#62,396), “indiano” (#62,395). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “infestación” va en #62,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

infestación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,398 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ĩɱfest̪aˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

infestación has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 infestación, spelled I-N-F-E-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Invasión por parte de un parásito que se ha reproducido y extendido dentro de su huésped.
  2. 2
    Invasión dañina

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "infestación"?
"infestación" is spelled I-N-F-E-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩɱfest̪aˈsjõn].
What does "infestación" mean?
As a noun, "infestación" means: Invasión por parte de un parásito que se ha reproducido y extendido dentro de su huésped.
How do you pronounce "infestación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "infestación" is [ĩɱfest̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "infestación" come from?
"infestación" 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infestación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list