institución

/[ĩnst̪it̪uˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,858

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

institución is aSpanishnoun. It means: Organismo público o privado fundado para desempeñar una labor cultural, científica, política o social. Pronounced [ĩnst̪it̪uˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,858 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with instituciones and institucional.

Key facts for institución
PropertyValue
Headwordinstitución
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnst̪it̪uˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,858
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of institución in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for institución is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnst̪it̪uˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,858 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for institución, with forms such as "innstitución", "insittución", and "insstitución". 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.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "instituciones", "institucional", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is institución, spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organismo público o privado fundado para desempeñar una labor cultural, científica, política o social.
  2. 2
    Concepto jurídico que engloba un estatuto o relación establecida por la ley.
  3. 3
    Acto de fundación de una organización, precepto, regla u otra creación material o intelectual.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstitución,insittución,insstitución,institcuión,instittución,institucción,institucinó,instituciónn,institucóin,instituicón,institusión,instiutción,insttitución,insttiución,intsitución,isntitución,nistitución

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for institución

Misspelling Variants of "institución"

innstitución12insittución11insstitución12institcuión11instittución12institucción12institucinó11instituciónn12
Misspelling Variants of "institución"

Frequency rank: #1,858 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "institución"?
"institución" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnst̪it̪uˈsjõn].
What does "institución" mean?
As a noun, "institución" means: Organismo público o privado fundado para desempeñar una labor cultural, científica, política o social.
What words are commonly confused with "institución"?
"institución" is commonly confused with "instituciones", "institucional". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "institución"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "institución" is [ĩnst̪it̪uˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "institución" come from?
"institución" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.