lesión
[leˈsjõn]
The verdict
“lesión” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,631 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,631
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cambio dañino en la morfología o estructura de una parte del cuerpo u organismo al sufrir detrimento a consecuencia de un golpe, una herida o una enfermedad.
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 | lesión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lesión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lesión is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [leˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,631 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 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lesión, with forms such as "elsión", "leisón", and "lesinó". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "lion", "listón", "loción", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lesión, spelled L-E-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Cambio dañino en la morfología o estructura de una parte del cuerpo u organismo al sufrir detrimento a consecuencia de un golpe, una herida o una enfermedad.
- 2Por extensión, cualquier tipo de cambio dañino o maligno.
- 3Delito que consiste en ocasionar un daño físico, financiero o psíquico a una persona, animal o entidad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elsión,leisón,lesinó,lesiónn,lessión,lesóin,llesión,lseión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lesión - 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 “lesión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [leˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lion” - see the side-by-side comparison. lesión vs lion
- 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.