motivación
[mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“motivación” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,757. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,757
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de motivar.
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 | motivación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “motivación” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around motivación (IPA [mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,757 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for motivación, with forms such as "mmotivación", "moitvación", and "motiavción". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "motivaron", "mutilación", "motivaciones", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is motivación, spelled M-O-T-I-V-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción de motivar.
- 2Conjunto de factores que intervienen en un acto electivo, según su origen los motivos pueden ser de carácter fisiológico e innatos (hambre, sueño) o sociales; estos últimos se adquieren durante la socialización, formándose en función de las relaciones interpersonales, los valores, las normas y las instituciones sociales.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmotivación
- moitvación
- motiavción
- motibación
- motivacción
- motivacinó
- motivaciónn
- motivacóin
- motivaicón
- motivasión
- motivcaión
- motivvación
- mottivación
- motviación
- mtoivación
- omtivación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motivación - 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 “motivación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-T-I-V-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “motivaron” - see the side-by-side comparison. motivación vs motivaron
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.