obtención

/[oβ̞t̪ẽnˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,684

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

obtención is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de obtener. Pronounced [oβ̞t̪ẽnˈsjõn]. It ranks #8,684 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with obtenían and objeción.

Key facts for obtención
PropertyValue
Headwordobtención
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oβ̞t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,684
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for obtención is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oβ̞t̪ẽnˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,684 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de obtener.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for obtención, with forms such as "botención", "obbtención", and "obetnción". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "obtenían", "objeción", 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 obtención, spelled O-B-T-E-N-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 o efecto de obtener.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: botención,obbtención,obetnción,obtecnión,obtencción,obtencinó,obtenciónn,obtencóin,obtenicón,obtennción,obtensión,obtneción,obttención,otbención,ovtención

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obtención

Misspelling Variants of "obtención"

botención9obbtención10obetnción9obtecnión9obtencción10obtencinó9obtenciónn10obtencóin9
Misspelling Variants of "obtención"

Frequency rank: #8,684 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obtención"?
"obtención" is spelled O-B-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [oβ̞t̪ẽnˈsjõn].
What does "obtención" mean?
As a noun, "obtención" means: Acción o efecto de obtener.
What words are commonly confused with "obtención"?
"obtención" is commonly confused with "obtenían", "objeción". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obtención"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obtención" is [oβ̞t̪ẽnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obtención" come from?
"obtención" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.