obstrucción
[oβ̞st̪ɾukˈsjõn]
The verdict
“obstrucción” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,223
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de obstruir o de obstruirse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obstrucción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oβ̞st̪ɾukˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obstrucción” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around obstrucción (IPA [oβ̞st̪ɾukˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,223 among 10,276 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción o efecto de obstruir o de obstruirse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for obstrucción, with forms such as "bostrucción", "obbstrucción", and "obsrtucción". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is obstrucción, spelled O-B-S-T-R-U-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de obstruir o de obstruirse.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bostrucción
- obbstrucción
- obsrtucción
- obsstrucción
- obstrcución
- obstrrucción
- obstruccinó
- obstrucciónn
- obstruccóin
- obstrucicón
- obstrución
- obstrucsión
- obsttrucción
- obsturcción
- obtsrucción
- osbtrucción
- ovstrucción
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obstrucción - 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 “obstrucción”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-B-S-T-R-U-C-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oβ̞st̪ɾukˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.