migración
[miɣ̞ɾaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“migración” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,084 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,084
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Desplazamiento más o menos permanente del lugar de residencia de una persona o grupo.
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 | migración |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [miɣ̞ɾaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “migración” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for migración is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [miɣ̞ɾaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,084 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 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for migración, with forms such as "imgración", "mgiración", and "migarción". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "migraciones", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 migración, spelled M-I-G-R-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Desplazamiento más o menos permanente del lugar de residencia de una persona o grupo.
- 2Desplazamiento periódico de un grupo de animal por exigencias de la alimentación o la reproducción.
- 3Rediseño de un programa o sistema para su adaptación a otra plataforma.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imgración,mgiración,migarción,miggración,migracción,migracinó,migraciónn,migracóin,migraicón,migrasión,migrcaión,migrración,mirgación,mmigración
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of migración - 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 “migración”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-G-R-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [miɣ̞ɾaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “migraciones” - see the side-by-side comparison. migración vs migraciones
- 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.