misión

/[miˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,323

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

misión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Encargo especial que se da a uno para que desempeñe algún negocio. Pronounced [miˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,323 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mismo and mitin.

Key facts for misión
PropertyValue
Headwordmisión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[miˈsjõn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,323
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for misión is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [miˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,323 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for misión, with forms such as "imsión", "mición", and "miisón". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mismo", "mitin", "mismos", 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 misión, spelled M-I-S-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
    Encargo especial que se da a uno para que desempeñe algún negocio.
  2. 2
    Predicación del Evangelio.
  3. 3
    Religión El sermón que predica un misionero.
  4. 4
    Reunión de misioneros.
  5. 5
    Cargo, cuenta, cuidado.
  6. 6
    Esfuerzo, conato, empeño.
  7. 7
    El alimento que se señala a los segadores por cierta cantidad de trabajo.
  8. 8
    La provincia o territorio en que se predica la misión₃.
  9. 9
    Gasto, costa de ella₂
  10. 10
    En 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for misión

Misspelling Variants of "misión"

imsión6mición6miisón6misinó6misiónn7missión7misóin6mmisión7
Misspelling Variants of "misión"

Frequency rank: #1,323 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "misión"?
"misión" is spelled M-I-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈsjõn].
What does "misión" mean?
As a noun, "misión" means: Encargo especial que se da a uno para que desempeñe algún negocio.
What words are commonly confused with "misión"?
"misión" is commonly confused with "mismo", "mitin", "mismos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "misión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "misión" is [miˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "misión" come from?
"misión" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.