operación

/[opeɾaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,355

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

operación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de operar. Pronounced [opeɾaˈsjõn]. It ranks #1,355 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with oración and operario.

Key facts for operación
PropertyValue
Headwordoperación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[opeɾaˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,355
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for operación is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [opeɾaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,355 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for operación, with forms such as "oepración", "opearción", and "operacción". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "oración", "operario", "operaron", and more, 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 operación, spelled O-P-E-R-A-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 operar.
  2. 2
    Ejecución de alguna cosa.
  3. 3
    Convenio o acuerdo sobre mercaderías o valores.
  4. 4
    Cirugía o intervención quirúrgica.
  5. 5
    Acción o maniobra militar realizada según unos planes hechos con antelación.
  6. 6
    Serie de reglas que permiten conseguir otras expresiones o cantidades.
  7. 7
    Acción de un poder que obra para producir un efecto.
  8. 8
    El efecto producido por una causa que obra.
  9. 9
    Acción de un medicamento.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oepración,opearción,operacción,operacinó,operaciónn,operacóin,operaicón,operasión,opercaión,operración,opperación,opreación,poeración

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for operación

Misspelling Variants of "operación"

oepración9opearción9operacción10operacinó9operaciónn10operacóin9operaicón9operasión9
Misspelling Variants of "operación"

Frequency rank: #1,355 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "operación"?
"operación" is spelled O-P-E-R-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [opeɾaˈsjõn].
What does "operación" mean?
As a noun, "operación" means: Acción o efecto de operar.
What words are commonly confused with "operación"?
"operación" is commonly confused with "oración", "operario", "operaron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "operación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "operación" is [opeɾaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "operación" come from?
"operación" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.