misión
[miˈsjõn]
The verdict
“misión” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,323
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Encargo especial que se da a uno para que desempeñe algún negocio.
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 | misión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [miˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “misión” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around misión (IPA [miˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,323 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for misión, with forms such as "imsión", "mición", and "miisón". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mismo", "mitin", "mismos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is misión, spelled M-I-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Encargo especial que se da a uno para que desempeñe algún negocio.
- 2Predicación del Evangelio.
- 3Religión El sermón que predica un misionero.
- 4Reunión de misioneros.
- 5Cargo, cuenta, cuidado.
- 6Esfuerzo, conato, empeño.
- 7El alimento que se señala a los segadores por cierta cantidad de trabajo.
- 8La provincia o territorio en que se predica la misión₃.
- 9Gasto, costa de ella₂
- 10En las cercanías de Madrid, el estiércol que tienen al pie de las plantas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imsión
- mición
- miisón
- misinó
- misiónn
- missión
- misóin
- mmisión
- msiión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of misión - 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 “misión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [miˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mismo” - see the side-by-side comparison. misión vs mismo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.