ocultación

[okul̪t̪aˈsjõn]

/[okul̪t̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“ocultación” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #38,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,274
frequency rank, Spanish
1,467
“O” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-ocultacion · ocultación · Spanish

ocultación · rank #38,274 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,274
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,467
  • PHOTO-FINISH nylon

Nearest frequency peer: nylon (-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 “ocultación”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ocultación” 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).

ocultación vs ocupación
80% similar
ocultación vs ocultaron
70% similar

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

Key facts for ocultación
PropertyValue
Headwordocultación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[okul̪t̪aˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#38,274
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ocultación”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).ocultacióncae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “nylon” (#38,272), “novedosas” (#38,271), “nitidez” (#38,270). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “ocultación” va en #38,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around ocultación (IPA [okul̪t̪aˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,274 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción o efecto de ocultar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for ocultación, with forms such as "coultación", "occultación", and "oclutación". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ocupación", "ocultaron", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ocultación, spelled O-C-U-L-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de ocultar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ocultación appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Toda simulación y distorsión es, en realidad, una ocultación, pero no todo ocultar es un disimular en el sentido de distorsionar y desfigurar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • coultación
  • occultación
  • oclutación
  • oculatción
  • oculltación
  • ocultacción
  • ocultacinó
  • ocultaciónn
  • ocultacóin
  • ocultaicón
  • ocultasión
  • ocultcaión
  • oculttación
  • ocutlación
  • oucltación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ocultación - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

coultación2occultación1oclutación2oculatción2oculltación1ocultacción1ocultacinó2ocultaciónn1
Edit distance from "ocultación"

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 "ocultación"?
"ocultación" is spelled O-C-U-L-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [okul̪t̪aˈsjõn].
What does "ocultación" mean?
As a noun, "ocultación" means: Acción o efecto de ocultar.
What words are commonly confused with "ocultación"?
"ocultación" is commonly confused with "ocupación", "ocultaron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ocultación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ocultación" is [okul̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ocultación" come from?
"ocultación" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list