micción
[mikˈsjõn]
The verdict
“micción” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,194 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,194
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción y efecto de propulsar la orina desde la vejiga hacia el exterior por vía de la uretra, mediante la contracción del músculo detrusor y la relajación del esfínter interno en el varón y el exte...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | micción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mikˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “micción” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
micción is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,194 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mikˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for micción, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is micción, spelled M-I-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de propulsar la orina desde la vejiga hacia el exterior por vía de la uretra, mediante la contracción del músculo detrusor y la relajación del esfínter interno en el varón y el externo en ambos sexos
- 2Secreción líquida de los riñones, conducida a la vejiga por los uréteres y expedida por la uretra.
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 “micción”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-C-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mikˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.