obsesión
[oβ̞seˈsjõn]
The verdict
“obsesión” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,557
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Preocupación o atención compulsiva, irracional o recurrente hacia una sola cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obsesion · obsesión · Spanish
obsesión · rank #8,557 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,557
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH nobleza
Nearest frequency peer: nobleza (-1 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 “obsesión”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- muertas
muertas
91,447 corpus weight
- narración
narración
91,446 corpus weight
- nobleza
nobleza
91,445 corpus weight
- obsesión
obsesión
91,444 corpus weight
- obtienen
obtienen
91,443 corpus weight
- orillas
orillas
91,442 corpus weight
What this shows “obsesión” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | obsesión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oβ̞seˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “obsesión”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around obsesión (IPA [oβ̞seˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,557 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for obsesión, with forms such as "bosesión", "obbsesión", and "obceción". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "opresión", "obsesivo", "obsesiva", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is obsesión, spelled O-B-S-E-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Preocupación o atención compulsiva, irracional o recurrente hacia una sola cosa.
- 2Idea persistente que se fija en la conciencia o invade el comportamiento.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bosesión
- obbsesión
- obceción
- obessión
- obseisón
- obsesinó
- obsesiónn
- obsessión
- obsesóin
- obsseión
- obssesión
- osbesión
- ovsesión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obsesión - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obsesión", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).