instrucción

/[ĩnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,190

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

instrucción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de instruir. Pronounced [ĩnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]. It ranks #6,190 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with instrucciones.

Key facts for instrucción
PropertyValue
Headwordinstrucción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,190
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for instrucción is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,190 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 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for instrucción, with forms such as "innstrucción", "insrtucción", and "insstrucción". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "instrucciones", 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 instrucción, spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-C-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
    Acción o efecto de instruir.
  2. 2
    Dícese de todo el conjunto de conocimientos recibidos.
  3. 3
    Cúmulo de advertencias o reglas dadas para algún fin (generalmente se usa en plural, instrucciones).

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstrucción,insrtucción,insstrucción,instrcución,instrrucción,instruccinó,instrucciónn,instruccóin,instrucicón,instrución,instrucsión,insttrucción,insturcción,intsrucción,isntrucción,nistrucción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instrucción

Misspelling Variants of "instrucción"

innstrucción12insrtucción11insstrucción12instrcución11instrrucción12instruccinó11instrucciónn12instruccóin11
Misspelling Variants of "instrucción"

Frequency rank: #6,190 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instrucción"?
"instrucción" is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnst̪ɾukˈsjõn].
What does "instrucción" mean?
As a noun, "instrucción" means: Acción o efecto de instruir.
What words are commonly confused with "instrucción"?
"instrucción" is commonly confused with "instrucciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instrucción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instrucción" is [ĩnst̪ɾukˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instrucción" come from?
"instrucción" 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.