loción

/[loˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,196

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

loción is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de lavar. Pronounced [loˈsjõn]. Often confused with loco and locos.

Key facts for loción
PropertyValue
Headwordloción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[loˈsjõn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,196
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for loción is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [loˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,196 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for loción, with forms such as "lcoión", "lloción", and "locción". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "loco", "locos", "lució", and more, 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 loción, spelled L-O-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
    Acción o efecto de lavar.
  2. 2
    Artículo para el aseo del cabello, o para la higiene corporal.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lcoión,lloción,locción,locinó,lociónn,locóin,loicón,losión,olción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for loción

Misspelling Variants of "loción"

lcoión6lloción7locción7locinó6lociónn7locóin6loicón6losión6
Misspelling Variants of "loción"

Frequency rank: #34,196 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loción"?
"loción" is spelled L-O-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [loˈsjõn].
What does "loción" mean?
As a noun, "loción" means: Acción o efecto de lavar.
What words are commonly confused with "loción"?
"loción" is commonly confused with "loco", "locos", "lució". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "loción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loción" is [loˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loción" come from?
"loción" 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.