mutilación

[mut̪ilaˈsjõn]

/[mut̪ilaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“mutilación” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,585. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,585
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de mutilar o mutilarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mutilacion · mutilación · Spanish

mutilación · rank #30,585 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,585
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH multitudinaria

Nearest frequency peer: multitudinaria (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “mutilación”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “mutilación” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mutilación vs mutación
80% similar
mutilación vs motivación
80% similar
mutilación vs mitigación
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mutilación
PropertyValue
Headwordmutilación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mut̪ilaˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,585
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mutilación”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.mutilacióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “multitudinaria” (#30,583), “Muñiz” (#30,587), “multicultural” (#30,582). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mutilación” va en #30,585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around mutilación (IPA [mut̪ilaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,585 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for mutilación, with forms such as "mmutilación", "mtuilación", and "muitlación". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mutación", "motivación", "mitigación", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mutilación, spelled M-U-T-I-L-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de mutilar o mutilarse.
  2. 2
    Cercenamiento, corte o separación de una parte del cuerpo humano.
  3. 3
    Toda supresión más o menos violenta en un proceso, institución o cosa.
  4. 4
    Texto que la censura tacha o corta cuando permite la publicación o circulación de lo restante.

This word in other languages

mutilation(English)mutilation(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmutilación
  • mtuilación
  • muitlación
  • mutialción
  • mutilacción
  • mutilacinó
  • mutilaciónn
  • mutilacóin
  • mutilaicón
  • mutilasión
  • mutilcaión
  • mutillación
  • mutliación
  • muttilación
  • umtilación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mutilación - 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.

mmutilación1mtuilación2muitlación2mutialción2mutilacción1mutilacinó2mutilaciónn1mutilacóin2
Edit distance from "mutilación"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mutilación"?
"mutilación" is spelled M-U-T-I-L-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mut̪ilaˈsjõn].
What does "mutilación" mean?
As a noun, "mutilación" means: Acción o efecto de mutilar o mutilarse.
What words are commonly confused with "mutilación"?
"mutilación" is commonly confused with "mutación", "motivación", "mitigación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mutilación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutilación" is [mut̪ilaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mutilación" come from?
"mutilación" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mutilación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maquinista#30,563mainstream#30,560longitudes#30,555persuasión#30,618

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

pragmática15 variantsresaltando15 variantsindigencia15 variantsincorrectas15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list