jactancia
[xakˈt̪ãnsja]
The verdict
“jactancia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #93,188 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #93,188
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alabanza de uno mismo, presunción, actitud de manifestar admiración por los propios logros o cualidades.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jactancia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xakˈt̪ãnsja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jactancia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jactancia is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xakˈt̪ãnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,188 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alabanza de uno mismo, presunción, actitud de manifestar admiración por los propios logros o cualidades.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jactancia in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is jactancia, spelled J-A-C-T-A-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Alabanza de uno mismo, presunción, actitud de manifestar admiración por los propios logros o cualidades.
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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 “jactancia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-C-T-A-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xakˈt̪ãnsja] (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.