levitación
[leβ̞it̪aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“levitación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,952 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,952
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de quedar algo o alguien suspendido en el aire sin que en apariencia nada lo sujete.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | levitación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leβ̞it̪aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “levitación” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
levitación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,952 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [leβ̞it̪aˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
levitación has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 levitación, spelled L-E-V-I-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de quedar algo o alguien suspendido en el aire sin que en apariencia nada lo sujete.
- 2Acción y efecto de quedar algo suspendido en el aire mediante del empleo de fuerzas electromagnéticas.
This word in other languages
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 “levitación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-V-I-T-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [leβ̞it̪aˈsjõn] (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
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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.