jurisdicción

/[xuɾisð̞ikˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,404

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

jurisdicción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Poder o autoridad que tiene alguien para gobernar. Pronounced [xuɾisð̞ikˈsjõn]. It ranks #5,404 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with jurisdicciones and jurisdiccional.

Key facts for jurisdicción
PropertyValue
Headwordjurisdicción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[xuɾisð̞ikˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#5,404
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for jurisdicción is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xuɾisð̞ikˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,404 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for jurisdicción, with forms such as "jjurisdicción", "jruisdicción", and "juirsdicción". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "jurisdicciones", "jurisdiccional", 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 jurisdicción, spelled J-U-R-I-S-D-I-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
    Poder o autoridad que tiene alguien para gobernar.
  2. 2
    Poder y autoridad para juzgar y para interpretar y aplicar las leyes.
  3. 3
    Autoridad o poder sobre algo o alguien.
  4. 4
    Territorio en el que se ejerce una autoridad para gobernar y hacer ejecutar las leyes.
  5. 5
    Término de un lugar o provincia.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjurisdicción,jruisdicción,juirsdicción,juridsicción,jurisdcición,jurisddicción,jurisdiccinó,jurisdicciónn,jurisdiccóin,jurisdicicón,jurisdición,jurisdicsión,jurisidcción,jurissdicción,jurrisdicción,jursidicción,ujrisdicción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jurisdicción

Misspelling Variants of "jurisdicción"

jjurisdicción13jruisdicción12juirsdicción12juridsicción12jurisdcición12jurisddicción13jurisdiccinó12jurisdicciónn13
Misspelling Variants of "jurisdicción"

Frequency rank: #5,404 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jurisdicción"?
"jurisdicción" is spelled J-U-R-I-S-D-I-C-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [xuɾisð̞ikˈsjõn].
What does "jurisdicción" mean?
As a noun, "jurisdicción" means: Poder o autoridad que tiene alguien para gobernar.
What words are commonly confused with "jurisdicción"?
"jurisdicción" is commonly confused with "jurisdicciones", "jurisdiccional". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jurisdicción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jurisdicción" is [xuɾisð̞ikˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jurisdicción" come from?
"jurisdicción" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.