motivación

/[mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,757

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

motivación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de motivar. Pronounced [mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn]. It ranks #5,757 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with motivaron and mutilación.

Key facts for motivación
PropertyValue
Headwordmotivación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,757
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for motivación is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,757 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for motivación, with forms such as "mmotivación", "moitvación", and "motiavción". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "motivaron", "mutilación", "motivaciones", 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 motivación, spelled M-O-T-I-V-A-C-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
    Acción de motivar.
  2. 2
    Conjunto 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for motivación

Misspelling Variants of "motivación"

mmotivación11moitvación10motiavción10motibación10motivacción11motivacinó10motivaciónn11motivacóin10
Misspelling Variants of "motivación"

Frequency rank: #5,757 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motivación"?
"motivación" is spelled M-O-T-I-V-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn].
What does "motivación" mean?
As a noun, "motivación" means: Acción de motivar.
What words are commonly confused with "motivación"?
"motivación" is commonly confused with "motivaron", "mutilación", "motivaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "motivación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motivación" is [mot̪iβ̞aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motivación" come from?
"motivación" 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.