munición
[muniˈsjõn]
The verdict
“munición” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,183. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,183
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Carga que se pone a las armas de fuego.
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 | munición |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [muniˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “munición” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around munición (IPA [muniˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,183 among 36,142 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for munición, with forms such as "mmunición", "mnuición", and "muinción". 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, "mutación", "municiones", "mención", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is munición, spelled M-U-N-I-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Carga que se pone a las armas de fuego.
- 2Pedazos de plomo de forma esférica con que se cargan las escopetas para caza menor.
- 3Pertrechos y bastimentos necesarios en un ejército o en una plaza de guerra.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmunición
- mnuición
- muinción
- munciión
- municción
- municinó
- municiónn
- municóin
- muniicón
- munisión
- munnición
- umnición
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of munición - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “munición”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-U-N-I-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [muniˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mutación” - see the side-by-side comparison. munición vs mutación
- 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.