ingestión
[ĩŋxesˈt̪jõn]
The verdict
“ingestión” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,710 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,710
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de ingerir
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingestión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩŋxesˈt̪jõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ingestión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ingestión is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋxesˈt̪jõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,710 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de ingerir".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingestión, with forms such as "ignestión", "inegstión", and "ingesitón". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ingestión, spelled I-N-G-E-S-T-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de ingerir
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ignestión,inegstión,ingesitón,ingesstión,ingestinó,ingestiónn,ingesttión,ingestóin,ingetsión,inggestión,ingsetión,inngestión,nigestión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingestión - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “ingestión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-G-E-S-T-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩŋxesˈt̪jõn] (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.