lección
[lekˈsjõn]
The verdict
“lección” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,088 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,088
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lectura₁.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lección |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lekˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lección” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lección is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lekˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,088 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lección, with forms such as "elcción", "lceción", and "leccinó". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "lesión", "legión", "loción", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is lección, spelled L-E-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Lectura₁.
- 2Inteligencia de un texto, según parecer de quien lo lee o interpreta, según cada una de las distintas maneras en que se halla escrito.
- 3Cualquiera de los trozos o lugares tomados de la Escritura, Santos Padres o actas sobre la vida los santos, que se rezan o cantan en la misa y en los maitines al fin de cada nocturno.
- 4Introducción o conjunto de conocimientos que teóricos o prácticos que en cada vez da a los discípulos el maestro de una ciencia, arte, oficio o habilidad.
- 5Cada uno de los capítulos o escritos en que están divididos algunos escritos.
- 6Todo lo que en cada vez señala el maestro al discípulo para que lo estudie.
- 7Discurso que en las oposiciones a cátedras o beneficios eclesiásticos y en otros ejercicios literarios se compone dentro de un término prescrito, sobre un punto, que de ordinario se saca por suerte y después se expone públicamente.
- 8Cualquier amonestación, acontecimiento, ejemplo o acción ajena que nos enseña el modo de conducirnos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elcción,lceción,leccinó,lecciónn,leccóin,lecicón,leción,lecsión,llección
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lección - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “lección”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-C-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lekˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lesión” - see the side-by-side comparison. lección vs lesión
- 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.